TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching the conditional use of communicative requests to two school-age children with severe developmental disabilities
AU - Reichle, Joe
AU - Johnston, Susan S.
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - Purpose: Two boys with severe developmental disabilities were taught to conditionally use requests to obtain desired snack items. Method: When items were in the possession of another person (teacher, peer) or proximally distant, learners were taught to emit communicative requests. When items were proximally near, learners engaged in a self-selecting response. Results: Results suggest that the conditional discriminations were established quickly. Both learners generalized their conditional discriminations to other contexts within the classroom. Clinical Implications: This study demonstrates the importance of attending to conditional discriminations when teaching communication requests.
AB - Purpose: Two boys with severe developmental disabilities were taught to conditionally use requests to obtain desired snack items. Method: When items were in the possession of another person (teacher, peer) or proximally distant, learners were taught to emit communicative requests. When items were proximally near, learners engaged in a self-selecting response. Results: Results suggest that the conditional discriminations were established quickly. Both learners generalized their conditional discriminations to other contexts within the classroom. Clinical Implications: This study demonstrates the importance of attending to conditional discriminations when teaching communication requests.
KW - Augmentative and alternative communication
KW - Conditional discriminations
KW - General case instruction
KW - Intervention
KW - Severe developmental disabilities
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U2 - 10.1044/0161-1461.3004.324
DO - 10.1044/0161-1461.3004.324
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033244515
SN - 0161-1461
VL - 30
SP - 324
EP - 334
JO - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
JF - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
IS - 4
ER -