title: A preliminary analysis of teaching improvisation with the picture exchange communication system to children with autism.
abstract: Two young boys with autism who used the picture exchange communication system were taught to solve problems (improvise) by using descriptors (functions, colors, and shapes) to request desired items for which specific pictures were unavailable. The results of a multiple baseline across descriptors showed that training increased the number of improvised requests, and that these skills generalized to novel items, and across settings and listeners in the natural environment.
authors.affiliation: PAES, College of Education, The Ohio State University, 1945 N. High St., 367 Arps Hall, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marckel
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Neef
authors.forename: Summer J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ferreri
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014796:Visual Perception