Developing functional requesting: acquisition, durability, and generalization of effects.
This study investigated the effects of a language program called the missing-item format, on the acquisition of requesting during snack periods. The missing-item format, an assessment and training approach, develops a child's spontaneous requesting skills in everyday tasks. Generalization and response-durability measures were also collected. The missing-item format produced effects in requests for targeted snack items, but not for the majority of generalization and durability measures. A generalization training program was then implemented, using the missing-item format. As a result, a requesting repertoire that was durable and generalized across multiple settings and stimulus conditions was established in both students.
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Stockton Unified School District, California.
Cipani
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005794:Generalization, Response; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D014705:Verbal Behavior