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ERIC Number: EJ758122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 12
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
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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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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