autism | enhanced milieu teaching | generalization | play | speech therapy | VOCA | voice output communication aid
Young children may be taught to use voice output communication aids (VOCA) to ask for things during playtime.
This study was designed to see if a type of speech therapy known as enhanced milieu teaching may help children with autism to speak using a VOCA. The children received therapy for five minutes a day for up to 19 therapy sessions. All three young (ages 4-5 years) children in the study learned to use the VOCA. The authors believe that they learned so quickly because the therapy followed the child's lead and took place during play sessions. The study did not look to see if the children used the VOCA in other settings (generalization).
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