Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
12-14-2023
Year of Publication
2023
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
First Advisor
Dr. Melinda J. Ault
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of two peers versus one peer on the rate of aided language modeling. The peers were trained and then implemented the communication strategy while playing a tabletop game with an AAC user with extensive support and complex communication needs (ESCCN). A multitreatment design was used to compare the effects of the rate of aided language models (ALM) provided by peers, the rate of communicative acts (CA) provided by the AAC user, and the fidelity of peer implementation of ALM when two peers versus one peer played a tabletop game with the AAC user. The results showed that the peer training was effective in teaching peers to implement ALM with fidelity across conditions. This study did not show differential effects in the rate of peer modeling and AAC communicative acts when one peer versus two peers played a game with an AAC user.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2023.458
Recommended Citation
Sheets, Shelby Smith, "Effects of Peer Training on the Use of Aided Language Modeling and AAC User Communicative Acts" (2023). Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education. 141.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsrc_etds/141
