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THE EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Rosales Rocio,
Stone Karen,
Rehfeldt Ruth Anne
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.2009.42-541
Subject(s) - multiple baseline design , psychology , video modeling , nonverbal communication , baseline (sea) , communication skills , training (meteorology) , medical education , modelling , developmental psychology , multimedia , applied psychology , teaching method , mathematics education , computer science , medicine , psychiatry , oceanography , physics , geology , meteorology , intervention (counseling)
The effectiveness of a behavioral skills training (BST) package to teach the implementation of the first three phases of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) was evaluated with 3 adults who had no history teaching any functional communication system. A multiple baseline design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the training package, which consisted of a video, written and verbal instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. Results showed significant improvements relative to baseline in a short amount of training time and that skills generalized to a learner with a severe developmental disability. Skills were maintained at 1 month follow‐up for 1 participant.