ERIC Number: EJ1252330
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Teaching Caregivers to Implement Mand Training Using Speech Generating Devices
Suberman, Rachel; Cividini-Motta, Catia
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v53 n2 p1097-1110 Spr 2020
Individuals with developmental disabilities often do not develop vocal repertoires, thus requiring the use of augmentative devices. Teaching caregivers to conduct communication training with their children may be one way to foster communication with their device in the natural environment. This study replicates Rosales, Stone and Rehfeldt (2009), but using an augmentative device. Behavioral skills training was used to teach caregivers to implement mand training procedures. Caregivers quickly learned to implement mand training with their children and independent mands increased from pretraining to posttraining observations for 2 out of 3 children.
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Caregivers, Caregiver Role, Training, Communication Skills, Behavior Modification, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Children
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Language: English
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