The purpose of the study was to measure the current level of communicative initiations exhibited by children enrolled in the LSU preschool program. Child communication was categorized as specific, unclear, or negative. These descriptors referred to peers ability to interpret the target childs communication. Additionally, peer responses were recorded as either positive or negative based on their reaction to the target childs communication. Children identified with either low levels of communicative initiation or unclear/negative communications were targeted for the intervention. Single-subject research methods were used to record each childs communicative behaviors. A least-to-most assistive prompting (Horner & Keilitz, 1975) intervention was applied as teacher mediation in the form of coaching. All three children demonstrated an increase in their specific communication toward peers when the LtM teacher prompting intervention was applied; additionally, increases in positive peer responses were also observed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-04082008-154511 |
| Date | 09 April 2008 |
| Creators | Melikyan, Susanna |
| Contributors | Cynthia F. DiCarlo, R. Kenton Denny, Joan H. Benedict |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04082008-154511/ |
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