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Replacing prelinguistic behaviors with functional communication

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posted on 2023-05-16, 17:05 authored by Keen, D, Sigafoos, J, Woodyatt, G
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a teacher-implemented intervention package designed to replace prelinguistic behaviors with functional communication. Four young children with autism participated in a multiple-probe design across three communicative functions. Initially, three existing communication functions were selected for each child. Next, the existing prelinguistic behaviors that the children used to achieve these functions were identified. Replacement forms that were considered more recognizable and symbolic were defined to achieve these same functions. After a baseline phase, teachers received inservice training, consultation, and feedback on how to encourage, acknowledge, and respond to the replacement forms. During intervention, the replacement forms increased and prelinguistic behaviors decreased in most cases. The results suggested that the teacher-implemented intervention was effective in replacing prelinguistic behaviors with alternative forms of functional communication.

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Publication title

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volume

31

Issue

4

Pagination

385-398

ISSN

0162-3257

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Plenum US

Place of publication

United States

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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