SPED/ASD/HIGH INCIDENCE DISABILITIES
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIO
SPECIAL EDUCATION, HIGH INCIDENCE DISABILITIES, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS,
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, RESOURCE SUPPORT & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION,
GENERAL EDUCATION, AVIAN-ASSISTED INTERVENTION, APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, PROGRAM EVALUATION,
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY & INTERVENTION
REFERENCES:
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Brock, M. E. (2013). Self-management (SM) fact sheet. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders
CDC. (2022, March 2). Data & statistics on autism spectrum disorder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html
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Clinic, M. (2018, January 6). Autism spectrum disorder. Mayo Clinic. Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928.
Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2022). Applied Behavior Analysis. Langara College.
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Delia, L., Valeri, G., Sonnino, F., Fontana, I., Mammone, A., & Vicari, S. (2014). A longitudinal study of the TEACCH program in different settings: The potential benefits of low intensity intervention in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(3), 615-626.
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Earles, T. L., Carlson, J. K. and Bock, S. J. 1998. “Instructional strategies to facilitates successful learning outcomesfor students with autism”. In Educating children and youth with autism: Strategies for effective practice, Edited by: Simpson, R. L. and Myles, B. S. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
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Earles-Vollrath, T. L., Cook, K. T. and Ganz, J. B. 2006. How to develop and implement visual supports, Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
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Foxx, R. M. (2016). Chapter 14: Perpetuation of the myth of nonaversive treatment of severe behavior. In R. M. Foxx & J. A. Mulick (Eds.), Controversial therapies for autism and intellectual disabilities: Fad, fashion, and science in professional practice (2nd ed.). (pp. 223-244). Routledge. 978- 1138802230.
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Franzone, E., & Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2008). Overview of video modeling. Madison, WI: The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin.
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Goldstein, S., & Ozonoff, S. (2020). Assessment of autism spectrum disorder (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
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Greutman, H., & Kostelyk, S. (2018). Sensory processing explained: A handbook for parents and educators.
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Griffin, W., Sam, A., & AFIRM Team. (2015). Social skills training. Chapel Hill, NC: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder,
FPG Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved. From http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/Social-skills-training.
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Kulage, K. M., Smaldone, A. M., & Cohn, E. G., (2014). How will DSM-5 affect autism diagnosis? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(8), 1918-32.
Lorah, E. R., Parnell, A., & Speight, D. R. (2014). Acquisition of sentence frame discrimination using the iPad as a speech generating device in young children with developmental disabilities. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(12), 1734-1740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.09.004.
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Maenner, M. J., Rice, C. E., Arneson, C. L., …& Durkin, M. S. (2014). Potential impact of DSM-5 criteria on autism spectrum disorder prevalence estimates. Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, 71(3), 292-300.
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Nowell, S., Sam, A., Waters, V., Dees, R., & AFIRM Team. (2022). Augmentative & Alternative Communication. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Autism Focused Intervention Modules and Resources. https://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/augmentative-alternative-communication.
Pennington, R.C. (2019). Chapter 8: Schedules of reinforcement & extinction. In R. C. Pennington (Ed.), Applied behavior analysis for everyone: Principles and practices explained by applied researchers who use them. (pp. 108-122). AAPC Publishing.
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Sam, A., & AFIRM Team. (2016). Picture Exchange Communication System(R). Chapel Hill, NC: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, FPG Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/picture-exchange-communication-system.
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Sam, A., Savage, M., Steinbrenner, J., Morgan, W., Chin, J., & AFIRM for Paras Team. (2020). Reinforcement: Introduction and practice. National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, FPG Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu.
Sam, A., & AFIRM Team. (2016). Self-management. Chapel Hill, NC: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, FPG
Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/Self-management.
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Taheri, A., & Perry, A. (2012). Exploring the proposed DSM-5 criteria in a clinical sample. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(9), 1810-1817.
TEACCH. 1996. Visually structured tasks: Independent activities for students with autism and other visual learners, Chapel Hill, NC: Division TEACCH.
Tomaszewski, B., Regan, T., & AFIRM Team. (2017). Response interruption and redirection. Chapel Hill, NC: National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder, FPG Child Development Center, University of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/response-interruption-and-redirection.
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University of Kansas. (2023). SPED 785: Developmental assessments for learners with ASD. Modules 1-7. https://kuconnect.ku.edu/courses/3301/modules
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University of Kansas. (2020). SPED 860 module one presentation: Structured teaching and the culture of autism. [PowerPoint slides and text presentation]. Lawrence, KS: Special Education Department.
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REFERENCES TO EVIDENCE-BASED AAC:
EARLY INTERVENTION (0-2 YEARS):
Barlow, K. E., Tiger, J. H., Slocum, S. K., & Miller, S. J. (2013). Comparing acquisition of exchange-based and signed mands with children with autism. Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 29, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03393124.
Lerna, A., Esposito, D., Conson, M., & Massagli, A. (2014). Long-term effects of PECS on social-communicative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders: A follow-up study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 49(4), 478-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12079.
Lerna, A., Esposito, D., Conson, M., Russo, L., & Massagli, A. (2012). Social-communicative effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in autism spectrum disorders. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 47(5), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00172.x.
McDuffie, A. S., Lieberman, R. G., & Yoder, P. J. (2012). Object interest in autism spectrum disorder: A treatment comparison. Autism, 16(4), 398-405. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361309360983.
PRESCHOOL (3-5 YEARS):
Agius, M. M., & Vance, M. (2016). A comparison of PECS and iPad to teach requesting to pre-schoolers with autistic spectrum disorders. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 32(1), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2015.1108363.
Almirall, D., DiStefano, C., Chang, Y.-C., Shire, S., Kaiser, A., Lu, X., Nahum-Shani, I., Landa, R., Mathy, P., & Kasari, C. (2016). Longitudinal effects of adaptive interventions with a speech-generating device in minimally verbal children with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(4), 442-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1138407.
Barlow, K. E., Tiger, J. H., Slocum, S. K., & Miller, S. J. (2013). Comparing acquisition of exchange-based and signed mands with children with autism. Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 29, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03393124.
Carnett, A., Bravo, A., & Waddington, H. (2017). Teaching mands for actions to children with autism spectrum disorder using systematic instruction, behavior chain interruption, and a speech generating device. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 65(2), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2017.1412561.
Carr, D., & Felce, J. (2007). The effects of PECS teaching to phase III on the communicative interactions between children with autism and their teachers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(4), 724-737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0203-1.
Chang, Y.-C., Shih, W., Landa, R., Kaiser, A., & Kasari, C. (2018). Symbolic play in school-aged minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(5), 1436-1445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3388-6.
Cook, J. L., Rapp, J. T., Burji, C., McHugh, C., & Nuta, R. (2017). A simple intervention for stereotypical engagement with an augmentative alternative communicative device. Behavioral Interventions, 32(3), 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/bin.1478.
Dogoe, M. S., Banda, D. R., & Lock, R. H. (2010). Acquisition and generalization of the picture exchange communication system behaviors across settings, persons, and stimulus classes with three students with autism. Education and Training in Autism and Development Disabilities, 45(2), 216-229.
Drager, K. D., Postal, V. J., Carrolus, L., Castellano, M., Gagliano, C., & Glynn, J. (2006). The effect of aided language modeling on symbol comprehension and production in 2 preschoolers with autism. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(2), 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2006/012).
Ganz, J. B., Goodwyn, F. D., Boles, M. M., Hong, E. R., Rispoli, M. J., Lund, E. M., & Kite, E. (2013). Impacts of a PECS instructional coaching intervention on practitioners and children with autism. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 29(3), 210-221. https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2013.818058.
Ganz, J. B., Hong, E., Gilliland, W., Morin, K., & Svenkerud, N. (2015). Comparison between visual scene displays and exchange-based communication in augmentative and alternative communication for children with ASD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 11, 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.11.005.
Ganz, J. B., Hong, E., & Goodwyn, F. D. (2013). Effectiveness of the PECS phase III app and choice between the app and traditional PECS among preschoolers with ASD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(8), 973-983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2013.04.003.
Genc-Tosun, D., & Kurt, O. (2017). Teaching multi-step requesting to children with autism spectrum disorder using systematic instruction and a speech-generating device. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 33(4), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2017.1378717.
Gevarter, C., O'Reilly, M. F., Rojeski, L., Sammarco, N., Sigafoos, J., Lancioni, G. E., & Lang, R. (2014). Comparing acquisition of AAC-based mands in three young children with autism spectrum disorder using iPad applications with different display and design elements. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(10), 2464-2474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2115-9.
Greenberg, A. L., Tomaino, M. A. E., & Charlop, M. H. (2012). Assessing generalization of the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 24(6), 539-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-012-9288-y.
Jurgens, A., Anderson, A., & Moore, D. W. (2009). The effect of teaching PECS to a child with autism on verbal behaviour, play, and social functioning. Behaviour Change, 26(1), 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1375/bech.26.1.66.
Kasari, C., Kaiser, A., Goods, K., Nietfeld, J., Mathy, P., Landa, R., Murphy, S., & Almirall, D. (2014). Communication interventions for minimally verbal children with autism: Sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(6), 635-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2014.01.019.
King, M. L., Takeguchi, K., Barry, S. E., Rehfeldt, R. A., Boyer, V. E., & Mathews, T. L. (2014). Evaluation of the iPad in the acquisition of requesting skills for children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(9), 1107-1120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.05.011.
Kodak, T., Paden, A., & Dickes, N. (2012). Training and generalization of peer-directed mands with non-vocal children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 28(1), 119-124. https://doi.org/.
Lerna, A., Esposito, D., Conson, M., & Massagli, A. (2014). Long-term effects of PECS on social-communicative skills of children with autism spectrum disorders: A follow-up study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 49(4), 478-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12079.
Lerna, A., Esposito, D., Conson, M., Russo, L., & Massagli, A. (2012). Social-communicative effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in autism spectrum disorders. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 47(5), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00172.x.
Lorah, E., & Parnell, A. (2017). Acquisition of tacting using a speech-generating device in group learning environments for preschoolers with autism. Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities, 29(4), 597-609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-017-9543-3.
Lorah, E. R., Parnell, A., & Speight, D. R. (2014). Acquisition of sentence frame discrimination using the iPad as a speech generating device in young children with developmental disabilities. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(12), 1734-1740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.09.004.
Lorah, E., Tincani, M., Dodge, J., Gilroy, S., Hickey, A., & Hantula, D. (2013). Evaluating picture exchange and the iPad as a speech generating device to teach communication to young children with Autism. Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities, 25(6), 637-649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-013-9337-1.
Mancil, G. Richmond, L., Elizabeth R., & Whitby, P. S. (2016). Effects of iPod touch technology as communication devices on peer social interactions across environments. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 51(3), 252-264.
McDuffie, A. S., Lieberman, R. G., & Yoder, P. J. (2012). Object interest in autism spectrum disorder: A treatment comparison. Autism, 16(4), 398-405. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361309360983.
McLay, L., Schafer, M. C. M., van der Meer, L., Couper, L., McKenzie, E., O’Reilly, Mark F., Lancioni, G. E., Marschik, P. B., Sigafoos, J., & Sutherland, D. (2017). Acquisition, preference and follow-up comparison across three AAC modalities taught to two children with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 64(2), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2016.1188892.
McLay, L., van der Meer, L., Schafer, M. C. M., Couper, L., McKenzie, E., O'Reilly, M. F., Lancioni, G. E., Marschik, P. B., Green, V. A., Sigafoos, J., & Sutherland, D. (2015). Comparing acquisition, generalization, maintenance, and preference across three AAC options in four children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 27(3), 323-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-014-9417-x.
Still, K., May, R. J., Rehfeldt, R. A., Whelan, R., & Dymond, S. (2015). Facilitating derived requesting skills with a touchscreen tablet computer for children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 19, 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.04.006.
Strasberger, S. K., & Ferreri, S. J. (2014). The effects of peer assisted communication application training on the communicative and social behaviors of children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(5), 513-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-013-9358-9.
Thiemann-Bourque, K., Brady, N., McGuff, S., Stump, K., & Naylor, A. (2016). Picture exchange communication system and pals: A peer-mediated augmentative and alternative communication intervention for minimally verbal preschoolers with autism. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(5), 1133-1145. https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_jslhr-l-15-0313.
Thiemann-Bourque, K. S., McGuff, S., & Goldstein, H. (2017). Training peer partners to use a speech generating device with classmates with autism spectrum disorder: Exploring communication outcomes across preschool contexts. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60(9), 2648-2662. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0049.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (6-11 YEARS):
Ali, E., MacFarland, S. Z., & Umbreit, J. (2011). Effectiveness of combining tangible symbols with the Picture Exchange Communication System to teach requesting skills to children with multiple disabilities including visual impairment. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(3), 425-435.
Almirall, D., DiStefano, C., Chang, Y.-C., Shire, S., Kaiser, A., Lu, X., Nahum-Shani, I., Landa, R., Mathy, P., & Kasari, C. (2016). Longitudinal effects of adaptive interventions with a speech-generating device in minimally verbal children with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 45(4), 442-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1138407.
Alzrayer, N. M., Banda, D. R., & Koul, R. (2017). Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities to perform multistep requesting using an iPad. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 33(2), 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2017.1306881.
Angermeier, K., Schlosser, R. W., Luiselli, J. K., Harrington, C., & Carter, B. (2007). Effects of iconicity on requesting with the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2(3), 430-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2007.09.004.
Barlow, K. E., Tiger, J. H., Slocum, S. K., & Miller, S. J. (2013). Comparing acquisition of exchange-based and signed mands with children with autism. Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 29, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03393124.
Boesch, M. C., Wendt, O., Subramanian, A., & Hsu, N. (2013). Comparative efficacy of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) versus a speech-generating device: Effects on requesting skills. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(3), 480-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2012.12.002.
Brady, N. C., Storkel, H. L., Bushnell, P., Barker, R. M., Saunders, K., Daniels, D., & Fleming, K. (2015). Investigating a multimodal intervention for children with limited expressive vocabularies associated with autism. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24(3), 438-459. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_ajslp-14-0093.
Carnett, A., Bravo, A., & Waddington, H. (2017). Teaching mands for actions to children with autism spectrum disorder using systematic instruction, behavior chain interruption, and a speechgenerating device. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 65(2), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2017.1412561.
Carr, D., & Felce, J. (2007). The effects of PECS teaching to phase III on the communicative interactions between children with autism and their teachers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(4), 724-737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0203-1.
Chang, Y.-C., Shih, W., Landa, R., Kaiser, A., & Kasari, C. (2018). Symbolic play in school-aged minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(5), 1436-1445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3388-6.
Choi, H., O'Reilly, M., Sigafoos, J., & Lancioni, G. (2010). Teaching requesting and rejecting sequences to four children with developmental disabilities using augmentative and alternative communication. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31(2), 560-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2010.08.005.
Conallen, K., & Reed, P. (2012). The effects of a conversation prompt procedure on independent play. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6(1), 365-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.06.010.
Greenberg, A. L., Tomaino, M. A. E., & Charlop, M. H. (2012). Assessing generalization of the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 24(6), 539-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-012-9288-y.
Haq, S. S., Machalicek, W., Garbacz, S. A., & Drew, C. (2017). Employing a fixed-lean multiple schedule in the treatment of challenging behavior for children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Modification, 42(4), 610-633. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445517743206.
Howlin, P., Gordon, R. K., Pasco, G., Wade, A., & Charman, T. (2007). The effectiveness of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) training for teachers of children with autism: A pragmatic, group randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(5), 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01707.x.
Kasari, C., Kaiser, A., Goods, K., Nietfeld, J., Mathy, P., Landa, R., Murphy, S., & Almirall, D. (2014). Communication interventions for minimally verbal children with autism: Sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(6), 635-646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2014.01.019.
Kodak, T., Paden, A., & Dickes, N. (2012). Training and generalization of peer-directed mands with non-vocal children with autism. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 28(1), 119-124. https://doi.org/.
Lorah, E. R. (2016). Comparing teacher and student use and preference of two methods of augmentative and alternative communication: Picture exchange and a speech-generating device. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 28(5), 751-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-016-9507-z.
Lorah, E. R., Parnell, A., & Speight, D. R. (2014). Acquisition of sentence frame discrimination using the iPad as a speech generating device in young children with developmental disabilities. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(12), 1734-1740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.09.004.
Lorah, E. R., Karnes, A., & Speight, D. R. (2015). The acquisition of intraverbal responding using a speech generating device in school aged children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 27(4), 557-568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-015-9436-2.
McLay, L., Schafer, M. C. M., van der Meer, L., Couper, L., McKenzie, E., O’Reilly, Mark F., Lancioni, G. E., Marschik, P. B., Sigafoos, J., & Sutherland, D. (2017). Acquisition, preference and follow-up comparison across three AAC modalities taught to two children with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 64(2), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2016.1188892.
McLay, L., van der Meer, L., Schafer, M. C. M., Couper, L., McKenzie, E., O'Reilly, M. F., Lancioni, G. E., Marschik, P. B., Green, V. A., Sigafoos, J., & Sutherland, D. (2015). Comparing acquisition, generalization, maintenance, and preference across three AAC options in four children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 27(3), 323-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-014-9417-x.
Smith, J., Hand, L., & Dowrick, P. W. (2014). Video feedforward for rapid learning of a picture-based communication system. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(4), 926-936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1946-0.
Still, K., May, R. J., Rehfeldt, R. A., Whelan, R., & Dymond, S. (2015). Facilitating derived requesting skills with a touchscreen tablet computer for children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 19, 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.04.006.
Strasberger, S. K., & Ferreri, S. J. (2014). The effects of peer assisted communication application training on the communicative and social behaviors of children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(5), 513-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-013-9358-9.
Van der Meer, L., Kagohara, D., Achmadi, D., O'Reilly, M. F., Lancioni, G. E., Sutherland, D., & Sigafoos, J. (2012). Speech-generating devices versus manual signing for children with developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(5), 1658-1669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.04.004.
MIDDLE SCHOOL (12-14 YEARS):
Ali, E., MacFarland, S. Z., & Umbreit, J. (2011). Effectiveness of combining tangible symbols with the Picture Exchange Communication System to teach requesting skills to children with multiple disabilities including visual impairment. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(3), 425-435.
Carnett, A., Bravo, A., & Waddington, H. (2017). Teaching mands for actions to children with autism spectrum disorder using systematic instruction, behavior chain interruption, and a speechgenerating device. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 65(2), 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2017.1412561.
Lorah, E. R. (2016). Comparing teacher and student use and preference of two methods of augmentative and alternative communication: Picture exchange and a speech-generating device. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 28(5), 751-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-016-9507-z.
Lorah, E. R., Karnes, A., & Speight, D. R. (2015). The acquisition of intraverbal responding using a speech generating device in school aged children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 27(4), 557-568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-015-9436-2.
Strasberger, S. K., & Ferreri, S. J. (2014). The effects of peer assisted communication application training on the communicative and social behaviors of children with autism. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 26(5), 513-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-013-9358-9.
HIGH SCHOOL (15-18 YEARS):
Hughes, C., Bernstein, R. T., Kaplan, L. M., Reilly, C. M., Brigham, N. L., Cosgriff, J. C., & Boykin, M. P. (2013). Increasing conversational interactions between verbal high school students with autism and their peers without disabilities. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 28(4), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088357613487019.
Kagohara, D. M., van der Meer, L., Achmadi, D., Green, V. A., O'Reilly, M. F., Mulloy, A., Lancioni, G.E., Lang, R., & Sigafoos, J. (2010). Behavioral intervention promotes successful use of an iPod-based communication device by an adolescent with autism. Clinical Case Studies, 9(5), 328-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650110379633.