title: Further examination of discriminated functional communication.
abstract: One child with developmental disabilities was taught to mand for attention by saying "excuse me." Treatment effects were extended to multiple training contexts by teaching the participant to attend to naturally occurring discriminative stimuli through differential reinforcement of communication during periods of the experimenter's nonbusy activities (e.g., reading a magazine). Results are discussed in terms of future research on the generalization and maintenance of functional communication in the natural environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Yanerys
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Nicole L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Hausman
authors.forename: SungWoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kahng
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Becraft
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013060:Speech; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome