Abstract
We used a graduated guidance procedure to teach 4 boys with autism to follow photographic activity schedules to increase on-task and on-schedule behavior. The multiple baseline across participants design included baseline, teaching, maintenance, resequencing of photographs, and generalization to novel photographs phases. The results indicated that photographic activity schedules (albums depicting after-school activities) produced sustained engagement, and skills generalized to a new sequence of photographs and to new photographs. The acquisition of schedule-following skills enabled these children with severe developmental disabilities to display lengthy response chains, independently change activities, and change activities in different group home settings in the absence of immediate supervision and prompts from others.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Frank A. R., Wacker D. P., Berg W. K., McMahon C. M. Teaching selected microcomputer skills to retarded students via picture prompts. J Appl Behav Anal. 1985 Summer;18(2):179–185. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1985.18-179. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Martin J. E., Rusch F. R., James V. L., Decker P. J., Trtol K. A. The use of picture cues to establish self-control in the preparation of complex meals by mentally retarded adults. Appl Res Ment Retard. 1982;3(2):105–119. doi: 10.1016/0270-3092(82)90001-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Sowers J. A., Rusch F. R., Connis R. T., Cummings L. E. Teaching mentally retarded adults to time-manage in a vocational setting. J Appl Behav Anal. 1980 Spring;13(1):119–128. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1980.13-119. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Thinesen P. J., Bryan A. J. The use of sequential pictorial cues in the initiation and maintenance of grooming behaviors with mentally retarded adults. Ment Retard. 1981 Oct;19(5):246–250. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Wacker D. P., Berg W. K., Berrie P., Swatta P. Generalization and maintenance of complex skills by severely handicapped adolescents following picture prompt training. J Appl Behav Anal. 1985 Winter;18(4):329–336. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1985.18-329. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Wacker D. P., Berg W. K. Effects of picture prompts on the acquisition of complex vocational tasks by mentally retarded adolescents. J Appl Behav Anal. 1983 Winter;16(4):417–433. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1983.16-417. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]