Teaching Individuals with Profound Multiple Disabilities to Access Preferred Stimuli with Multiple Microswitches

Autor/inn/en	Tam, Gee May; Phillips, Katrina J.; Mudford, Oliver C.
Titel	Teaching Individuals with Profound Multiple Disabilities to Access Preferred Stimuli with Multiple Microswitches
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 6, S.2352-2361 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.027
Schlagwörter	Multiple Disabilities; Severe Disabilities; Assistive Technology; Stimuli; Outcomes of Treatment; Decision Making; Reinforcement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Anreizsystem; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Positive Verstärkung
Abstract	We replicated and extended previous research on microswitch facilitated choice making by individuals with profound multiple disabilities. Following an assessment of stimulus preferences, we taught 6 adults with profound multiple disabilities to emit 2 different responses to activate highly preferred stimuli. All participants learnt to activate both microswitches. Five participants showed a higher overall level of responding when both switches activating preferred stimuli were available concurrently. After completion of microswitch training, a choice assessment was conducted in which participants had access to 2 microswitches concurrently, with 1 connected to the most highly preferred stimulus and the other to a least preferred stimulus. Choice making behavior was shown in 3 participants and provided support for the preference assessment results. The results of the 3 remaining participants showed that both the most highly preferred and the least preferred stimuli may serve as reinforcers for microswitch activation responses. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10