Teaching Parents to Employ Mand-Model Procedures to Teach Their Children Requesting

Abstract

In this investigation, a home-based interventionist taught 4 female parents to embed the mand-model procedure in daily activities to teach expressive language skills to their young children with speech delays. A multiple probe design was used to demonstrate experimental control and an ecological process was used to select functional areas in the home where language skills could be taught. Data were collected on parents' use of the procedure and their child's responses. During the intervention phase, parents were provided with feedback along with specific encouragement to use the individualized instructional program daily. Results indicated that parents can be taught to embed effectively the mand-model procedure into functional activities, resulting in children's acquisition of target verbal responses across settings.

Evaluating parent use of functional communication training to replace and enhance prelinguistic behaviours in six children with developmental and physical disabilities

“…The strategies used to involve mothers in the present study were consistent with recommendations by Brink 27 and consistent with results of other studies which have involved home-based collaborations with parents in the design and implementation of communication interventions. 3,28,29 Together the results from the present study and that of Keen et al 19 suggest that the often subtle and idiosyncratic behaviours of children with developmental disabilities may function as prelinguistic forms of communication. The parents in the present study appeared to be very capable of accurately identifying the communicative functions of the child's prelinguistic behaviours.…”

Enhancing Generalized Teaching Strategy Use in Daily Routines by Parents of Children With Autism

“…However, such encounters are rare in the daily lives of families of children with disabilities. To be broadly applicable to today's families, more recent studies have shown that interventions should focus on assisting parents in facilitating their child's communication within their daily routines and activities (Mobayed et al, 2000;Woods, Kashinath, & Goldstein, 2004). Researchers have found that parental stress increases when parents are obligated to participate in intervention programs that require certain time periods to work one-on-one with their children (L. K. Koegel, 2000).…”

“…Embedding intervention within daily routines is also consistent with current educational practices that require services for children with disabilities to be provided in natural and least restrictive environments. Preliminary research on embedding intervention within daily routines with parents of children with developmental delays (Mobayed et al, 2000;Woods et al, 2004) has resulted in positive outcomes for the child and family, but with limited generalization effects.…”

Delivering The Parent-Implemented Communication Strategies (pics) Intervention Using Distance Training And Coaching With A Father And His Child Who Is Hard Of Hearing

“…Practically speaking, parents can choose activities and settings in the home that are preferred by their children (Mobayed, Collins, Strangis, Schuster, & Hemmeter, 2000;39 attend to the child's facial expressions and bodily gestures, which means frequently looking at the child during interaction.…”

“…Parents' mean responses were lower with regard to outcomes for their children (e.g., "I am satisfied with my child's progress in responding to joint attention;" and "I am satisfied with my child's progress in initiating joint attention;" p. 1569). Mobayed et al (2000) studied the effects of an intervention for teaching parents to implement a mand-model procedure with their young children with language delays.…”