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    <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Replacing prelinguistic behaviours with functional communication</h1>
    <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Keen, D.</span> and <span class="person_name">Sigafoos, J.</span> and <span class="person_name">Woodyatt, G.</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>Replacing prelinguistic behaviours with functional communication.</xhtml:em> Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31 (4). pp. 385-398. ISSN 0162-3257</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1665/1/1SigRQF.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1665/1/1SigRQF.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />101Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010612618969">http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010612618969</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This study evaluated the effectiveness of a teacher-implemented intervention package designed
to replace prelinguistic behaviors with functional communication. Four young children with
autism participated in a multiple-probe design across three communicative functions. Initially,
three existing communication functions were selected for each child. Next, the existing prelinguistic
behaviors that the children used to achieve these functions were identified. Replacement
forms that were considered more recognizable and symbolic were defined to achieve
these same functions. After a baseline phase, teachers received inservice training, consultation,
and feedback on how to encourage, acknowledge, and respond to the replacement forms.
During intervention, the replacement forms increased and prelinguistic behaviors decreased
in most cases. The results suggested that the teacher-implemented intervention was effective
in replacing prelinguistic behaviors with alternative forms of functional communication.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Prelinguistic behaviors; functional communication training; autism.</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/339999.html">330000 Education &gt; 339900 Other Education &gt; 339999 Other Education</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1665</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mrs Anita Cubit</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">23 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1665;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=1665">item control page</a></p>
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