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USING A HAND-TAP RESPONSE WITH A VIBRATION MICROSWITCH WITH STUDENTS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2002

Giulio E. Lancioni
Affiliation:
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Nirbhay N. Singh
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Mark F. O'Reilly
Affiliation:
University College Dublin, Eire
Doretta Oliva
Affiliation:
Lega F. D'Oro Research Centre, Osimo, Italy

Abstract

Selecting a convenient response, and a microswitch suitable to it, is critical to successfully introduce students with multiple disabilities to a microswitch-aided programme. This study evaluated the use of a hand-tap response with a vibration microswitch with two students. Both students increased the frequency of the hand-tap response during treatment and maintained such an increase at 3-month follow-up. Procedural issues, practical implications of the findings, and measures for promoting long-term response maintenance/extensions were discussed.

Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Copyright
© 2002 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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