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THE INFLUENCE OF MATCHING AND MOTOR‐IMITATION ABILITIES ON RAPID ACQUISITION OF MANUAL SIGNS AND EXCHANGE‐BASED COMMUNICATIVE RESPONSES
Author(s) -
Gregory Meagan K.,
DeLeon Iser G.,
Richman David M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-399
Subject(s) - imitation , psychology , matching (statistics) , set (abstract data type) , motor skill , dreyfus model of skill acquisition , manual communication , cognitive psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , autism , developmental psychology , communication skills , communication , sign language , social psychology , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence , statistics , mathematics , economics , programming language , economic growth , medicine , philosophy , medical education
Establishing a relation between existing skills and acquisition of communicative responses may be useful in guiding selection of alternative communication systems. Matching and motor‐imitation 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.