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Strasberger, Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Non-verbal children with autism are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). One type of AAC device is a voice output communication aid (VOCA). The primary drawbacks of past VOCAs were their expense and portability. Newer iPod-based VOCAs alleviate these concerns. This dissertation sought to extend the iPod-based VOCA…
Descriptors: Autism, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology
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Perez-Gonzalez, Luis Antonio; Garcia-Asenjo, Lorena; Williams, Gladys; Carnerero, Jose Julio – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
In the type of intraverbal that consists of saying the opposite of a word, two intraverbals are related to one another because the response form of each intraverbal functions as part of a discriminative stimulus for the other (e.g., "cold" in response to "name the opposite of hot," and vice versa). Moreover, the contextual cue "Name the opposite…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Behavior, Autism, Verbal Communication