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Gilroy, Shawn P.; McCleery, Joseph P.; Leader, Geraldine – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
The researchers designed a delayed intervention start randomized controlled trial to compare improvements in functional communication following augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions. The study compared outcomes from function-based applied behavior analytic (ABA) and eclectic non-ABA forms of classroom-based communication…
Descriptors: Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Communication Skills, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Trahan, Maranda A.; Donaldson, Jeanne M.; McNabney, Matthew K.; Kahng, SungWoo – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
We examined whether adults with dementia could learn to emit a picture-based communication response and if this skill would maintain over time. Three women with moderate to severe dementia were taught to exchange a picture card for a highly preferred activity. All participants quickly learned to exchange the picture card and maintained this…
Descriptors: Adults, Dementia, Pictorial Stimuli, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Homlitas, Christa; Rosales, Rocío; Candel, Lindsay – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
We evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral skills training package to teach implementation of Phases 1, 2, and 3A of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) to teachers employed at a therapeutic center for children with autism. Probes in the natural environment and follow-up were conducted with children who were assigned to work with…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Training, Pictorial Stimuli, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Paden, Amber R.; Kodak, Tiffany; Fisher, Wayne W.; Gawley-Bullington, Elizabeth M.; Bouxsein, Kelly J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
We evaluated differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) plus prompting to increase peer-directed mands for preferred items using a picture exchange communication system (PECS). Two nonvocal individuals with autism participated. Independent mands with a peer increased with the implementation of DRA plus prompting for both…
Descriptors: Autism, Reinforcement, Prompting, Pictorial Stimuli
Chaabane, Delia B. Ben; Alber-Morgan, Sheila R.; DeBar, Ruth M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
The present study examined the extent to which mothers were able to train their children, 2 boys with autism, to exchange novel pictures to request items using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). Generalization probes assessing each child's ability to mand for untrained items were conducted throughout conditions. Using a multiple…
Descriptors: Autism, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Mothers, Males
Rosales, Rocio; Stone, Karen; Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
The effectiveness of a behavioral skills training (BST) package to teach the implementation of the first three phases of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) was evaluated with 3 adults who had no history teaching any functional communication system. A multiple baseline design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Skill Development, Pictorial Stimuli