Teaching VOCA Use as a Communicative Repair Strategy

Autor/inn/en	Sigafoos, Jeff; Drasgow, Eric; Halle, James W.; O'Reilly, Mark; Seely-York, Sue; Edrisinha, Chaturi; Andrews, Alonzo
Titel	Teaching VOCA Use as a Communicative Repair Strategy
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34 (2004) 4, S.411-422 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1023/B:JADD.0000037417.04356.9c
Schlagwörter	Developmental Disabilities; Intervention; Interpersonal Communication; Assistive Technology; Communication Skills; Program Effectiveness; Special Needs Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsstil; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf
Abstract	Students with developmental disabilities often rely on prelinguistic behavior (e.g., reaching, leading) to communicate. When listeners fail to attend to prelinguistic behaviors, students may benefit from responding with an alternative form of communication to repair the breakdown. In the present study, we taught two students with developmental disabilities to repair communicative breakdowns by using a voice-output communication aid (VOCA). Intervention occurred at morning snack time when the students had the opportunity to access preferred items through prelinguistic behavior (e.g., reaching, guiding). Breakdowns occurred when the listener failed to attend to the student's initial request. Effects of the intervention were evaluated in a multiple-baseline design across subjects. Both students learned to use the VOCA to repair communicative breakdowns. As VOCA use was acquired as a repair strategy, the students also began to use the device to initiate requests when there had been no breakdown in communication. The intervention appeared to be an effective approach for supplementing prelinguistic behaviors with an additional option for communicating a request. (Author).
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