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Improving Manding Skills in Chinese Children with Autism through a Speech Generating Device
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Xiaofan Zhang; Rachel E. Robertson; Dan Li; Wei Shen; Qin Li – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a speech-generating device (SGD) application on manding skills in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Given the communication challenges faced by many individuals with ASD, alternative methods for expressing needs are crucial. The SGD utilized speech synthesis technology to provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Young Children
Evaluation of the System of Least Prompts to Teach Symbol Use to Children Who Are Deafblind
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Sutter, Chevonne; Demchak, MaryAnn – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The present study evaluated a systematic instructional package including the system of least prompts (SLP) to teach differentiation and selection of tangible symbols to continue activities for two children with complex support needs and deafblindness (DB). A multiple probe design across three symbols was used to evaluate the intervention package…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Intervention
Systematic Review of Mand Training Parameters for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in School Settings
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Tapp, Melissa C.; Pennington, Robert C.; Clausen, Amy M.; Carpenter, Megan E. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
In the current investigation, we reviewed the literature on mand training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in schools. Ninety-three studies met our inclusion criteria including 225 individual participants. Data were extracted related to participant demographics (e.g., age, disability, response form) and study…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Students with Disabilities
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS): A Promising Method for Improving Communication Skills of Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Ganz, Jennifer B.; Simpson, Richard L.; Lund, Emily M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental delays frequently experience deficits in functional communication. Identifying and using suitable communication enhancement and augmentative and alternative communication supports is essential to achievement of positive outcomes for these learners. This article…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Developmental Delays, Communication Skills
Effectiveness of Combining Tangible Symbols with the Picture Exchange Communication System to Teach Requesting Skills to Children with Multiple Disabilities Including Visual Impairment
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Ali, Emad; MacFarland, Stephanie Z.; Umbreit, John – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) program used to teach functional requesting and commenting skills to people with disabilities (Bondy & Frost, 1993; Frost & Bondy, 2002). In this study, tangible symbols were added to PECS in teaching requesting to four students (ages 7-14) with…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Pictorial Stimuli