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Publication Date: 2006
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Computer-Based Video Instruction to Teach the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices for Ordering at Fast-Food Restaurants
Mechling, Linda C.; Cronin, Beth
Journal of Special Education, v39 n4 p234-245 Win 2006
In the study reported on here, the authors used computer-based video instruction (CBVI) to teach 3 high school students with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities how to order in fast-food restaurants by using an augmentative, alternative communication device. The study employed a multiple probe design to institute CBVI as the only intervention tool and measured generalization of skills to community restaurants. For 2 of the 3 students, the ability to order their meals dramatically increased immediately following CBVI; for the third student, the ability to perform this task increased during a second generalization condition. Performance was maintained for each student. The authors discuss their results as support for this approach, which would be one solution for providing instruction in a simulated environment when community-based instruction is limited.
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Generalization, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Food Service, Daily Living Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Interactive Video, High School Students, Research Methodology, Program Effectiveness, Special Programs, Social Science Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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