Research: Replacing Overt Verbal and Gestural Prompts with Unobtrusive Covert Tactile Prompting for Students with Autism

Authored by Anson, HM, Todd JT, and Cassaretto KJ in Behavior Research Methods, Volume 40, Issue 4, p. 1106-1110, (2008).

Article summary (posted Dec 22, 2008):

Vibrating pagers may be a good tool for prompting children to stay on-task in the classroom.

This study was designed to see if vibrating pagers could be used as a hidden prompt for on-task behavior in a first grade classroom. The authors found that the pager was a good prompt to help children with autism in a classroom setting. The pager was able to reduce the need for overt teacher prompting as required during applied behavior analysis (ABA therapy). The pager was also good because it allowed the prompt to be given even if the teacher was across the room from the child. The authors note that the study design used a "whole-interval recording procedure" which may not have allowed for a good count of the amount of problem behavior.

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applied behavior analysis (ABA), autism, classroom, problem behavior, prompt, prompting, prompts, Prompts for Restructuring Oral Phonetic Targets (PROMPT), study design, tactile, teacher, therapy, verbal, vibration
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