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Teaching Adolescents with Severe Disabilities to Use the Public Telephone

Fred Spooner

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Patricia K. Keul

Supported Employment Training, Inc.

Teresa Grossi

Ohio State University

Two adolescents with severe disabilities served as participants in a study conducted to train in the use of the public telephone to call home. Participants were trained to complete a 17-step task analysis using a training package which consisted of total task presentation in conjunction with a four-level prompting procedure (i.e., independent, verbal, verbal + gesture, verbal + guidance). All instruction took place in a public setting (e.g., a shopping mall) with generalization probes taken in two alternative settings (e.g., a movie theater and a convenience store). A multiple probe across individuals design demonstrated the training package was successful in teaching participants to use the telephone to call home. In addition, newly acquired skills generalized to the two untrained settings. Implications for community-based training are discussed.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 14, No. 2, 157-171 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455900142003


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