Training Students with Profound or Multiple Handicaps to Make Requests via Microswitches.

Wacker, David P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ385452

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Publication Date: 1988

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Training Students with Profound or Multiple Handicaps to Make Requests via Microswitches.

Wacker, David P.; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v21 n4 p331-43 Win 1988

Three experiments, involving five students (aged 13-20) with profound, multiple handicaps, showed that the students could effectively use microswitches to demonstrate toy preferences, to indicate preferences for social attention, and to make specific requests of educational staff in school and community settings. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Attention, Caregivers, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Multiple Disabilities, Personal Autonomy, Play, Secondary Education, Severe Disabilities, Social Behavior, Social Reinforcement, Socialization, Toys, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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