iPad-Based Communication Intervention on Responding Skills of an Individual With Autism

• In Event: Special Education Research: Multimedia Interventions

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an intervention package that includes iPad-based Proloquo2Go, questions related visuals, cue cards, a least-to-most prompting hierarchy and interval reinforcement procedures in teaching responding skills to an individual with autism. Specifically, the responding skills investigated consisted of answering three different types of wh- questions. A multiple baseline design across three types of wh- questions was used to examine the effects of an intervention package in teaching wh- question answering skills to an adolescent with ASD. The intervention package consisted of a combination of (1) an iPad-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application, Proloquo2Go; (2) a least-to-most prompting hierarchy; (3) interval reinforcement; (4) cue cards; and (5) question related visuals.

Authors

• Neslihan Canpolat Cig, Florida State University

• Oguzcan Cig, Florida State University