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Teaching Preschoolers with Autism to Use Different Speech-Generating Device Display Formats during Play: Intervention and Secondary Factors
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Gevarter, Cindy; Horan, Keri; Sigafoos, Jeff – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and complex communication needs are increasingly taught to use tablet-based speech-generating devices (SGDs). An important issue in designing such interventions is the selection of an appropriate format for displaying vocabulary. The purpose of this study was to determine (a) whether young…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention
Functional Communication Training in the Treatment of Problem Behavior Maintained by Access to Rituals
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Rispoli, Mandy; Camargo, Síglia; Machalicek, Wendy; Lang, Russell; Sigafoos, Jeff – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
This study evaluated the assessment and treatment of problem behaviors related to rituals for children with autism. After functional analyses, we used a multiple-probe design to examine the effects of functional communication training (FCT) plus extinction and schedule thinning as a treatment package for problem behavior and appropriate…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Evaluation Methods, Children, Autism
A Further Comparison of Manual Signing, Picture Exchange, and Speech-Generating Devices as Communication Modes for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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van der Meer, Larah; Sutherland, Dean; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Sigafoos, Jeff – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
We compared acquisition of, and preference for, manual signing (MS), picture exchange (PE), and speech-generating devices (SGDs) in four children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Intervention was introduced across participants in a non-concurrent multiple-baseline design and acquisition of the three communication modes was compared in an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Sign Language
Communication Intervention on the Playground: A Case Study on Teaching Requesting to a Young Child with Autism.
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Sigafoos, Jeff; Littlewood, Rachel – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1999
Opportunities for teaching a young child with autism to request more play were created at multiple points on the playground by momentarily interrupting the child's ongoing play using the behavior chain interruption strategy. The intervention resulted in high rates of correct requesting which were maintained with a new teacher and generalized to a…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Modification, Case Studies
Naturalistic Assessment Leading to Effective Treatment of Self-Injury in a Young Boy with Multiple Disabilities.
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Sigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
A naturalistic assessment of self-injurious behavior in an 11-year-old boy with multiple disabilities, including severe mental retardation, found that the boy's self-injury was occasioned by low attention and low stimulation and maintained by tangible and social reinforcement. Naturalistic assessment effectively guided the selection of behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Children
Increasing Opportunities for Requesting in Classrooms Serving Children with Developmental Disabilities.
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Sigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
Five teachers serving 26 children (ages 3-15) with developmental disabilities received training on creating opportunities for requesting (missing item, interrupted chain, delayed assistance). The strategy was effective in helping teachers increase the number of functional communication requesting opportunities and the number of correct student…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities