The influence of matching and motor-imitation abilities onrapid acquisition of manual signs and exchange-based communicative responses

Meagan K. Gregory; Iser G. Deleon; David M. Richman

doi:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-399

The influence of matching and motor-imitation abilities onrapid acquisition of manual signs and exchange-based communicative responses

Meagan K. Gregory, Iser G. Deleon, David M. Richman

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Abstract

Establishing a relation between existing skills and acquisition of communicative responses may be useful in guiding selection of alternative communication systems. Matching and motorimitation skills were assessed for 6 children with developmental disabilities, followed by training to request the same set of preferred items using exchange-based communication and manual signs. Three participants displayed both skills and rapidly acquired both communicative response forms. Three others displayed neither skill; 1 mastered exchange-based responses but not manual signs, and neither of the other 2 easily acquired either response form.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	399-404
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of applied behavior analysis
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2009.42-399
State	Published - Jun 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alternative and augmentative communication
Autism
Matching to sample
Motor imitation

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Philosophy
Sociology and Political Science
Applied Psychology

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