title: Tutorial: teaching communicative rejecting to children with severe disabilities.
abstract: Children with severe disabilities typically require systematic instruction to develop their communication abilities. Intervention can begin by teaching functional communication skills related to requesting and rejecting. Although a considerable amount of research has focused on teaching requesting, there is an emerging literature on teaching rejecting. The aim of this tutorial is to review the emerging literature on teaching communicative rejecting to children with severe disabilities. This review considers (a) the definition of communicative rejecting, (b) reasons for teaching communicative rejecting, (c) types of communicative rejecting, and (d) empirically validated strategies for teaching communicative rejecting to children with severe disabilities. The authors include a case study to illustrate the major steps in teaching communicative rejecting to children with severe disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712-1290, USA. j.sigafoos@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sigafoos
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drasgow
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reichle
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Vanessa A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tait
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D013663:Teaching