The Effects of an Animated Exemplar/ Nonexemplar Program To Teach the Relational Concept on to Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Delays Who Require AAC.

Purpose: Children with autism spectrum disorders with little or no functional speech may benefit from visual symbols for communication. Although a variety of teaching paradigms are available for teaching children to associate a single word with a visual symbol (e.g., dog with a drawing of a dog), th...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Issues in Communication Science & Disorders Vol. 41; pp. 83 - 96
Autores principales: Horowitz, Lacey, McCarthy, John W., Roth, Marta A., Marinellie, Sally A.
Formato: case study pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: National Student Speech Language Hearing Association Spring2014
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Sumario:Purpose: Children with autism spectrum disorders with little or no functional speech may benefit from visual symbols for communication. Although a variety of teaching paradigms are available for teaching children to associate a single word with a visual symbol (e.g., dog with a drawing of a dog), there are fewer options to teach relationships between a concept with contextually dependent meanings and a single symbol (e.g., on with a single drawing). Method: An animated instructional program using a structured approach was used to teach the relational concept on to 2 children with autism spectrum disorders and 1 child with speech-language and pragmatic impairments. A single-subject multiple-baseline design across participants was used. Results: The relational concepts computer program used was effective in teaching the targeted concept to the children. Generalization of the concept at criterion was demonstrated by 1 participant, with the other 2 showing evidence of generalization.