Attempted to assess generalization from a child's school to a novel instructional setting by comparing training in single versus multiple rooms. Found that responses taught in school did not automatically generalize to a day care center but that four of the five boys studied demonstrated relatively high rates of responding. (CMG)

Many severely disabled individuals who rely on augmentative and alternative communication systems experience difficulties using newly acquired communication skills in settings different from those introduced in the instructional context and with different conversational partners. Methods of promoting functional communication skills are addressed,…