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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2025

Teletraining to Teach Communication Partners to Support Students With Multiple Disabilities Including Cortical Visual Impairment and Emerging Symbolic Communication in Communicating Choices.

Tara V McCarty, Janice C Light

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Tara V McCartyCommunication Sciences and Disorders Program, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg-Capital College, Middletown.ORCID 0000-0002-7456-5624
Janice C LightDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.ORCID 0000-0003-4449-798X

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ACL HHS 90REGE0014
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purposeThe purpose of the current study was to investigate the impact of a teletraining to teach adult communication partners the "Communicating Choices-Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)" strategy to support participation for students with multiple disabilities.

methodA nonconcurrent, multiple-probe, across-participants design was implemented with four adult communication partner (i.e., speech-language pathologist, paraeducators, and parent) and student dyads to determine the effects of a teletraining administered over a video-calling platform on the partner's implementation of the substeps from the Communicating Choice-CVI strategy. Dyads completed a randomly predetermined number of baseline sessions, two teletraining sessions to instruct the partners in the strategy, and five intervention probes.

resultsResults of the study indicated that communication partners successfully implemented an increased number of the strategy substeps following two short teletraining sessions and that all students communicated choices in every opportunity when they were provided with a structured opportunity. Communication partners reported that the strategy was successful for the students and that the strategy could be applied to other contexts or students.

conclusionsThis study provides evidence for the importance of communication partner training for students with complex needs in domains such as vision and communication. Furthermore, the Communicating Choices-CVI strategy may lead to increased opportunities for academic participation, social engagement, and self-determination for students whose opportunities to take on active roles in educational settings are often severely restricted. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28108139.

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Choice BehaviorCommunicationEducation, SpecialSpeech-Language PathologyVision DisordersAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleStudentsSymbolismYoung Adult

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PMID39772855
PMCPMC13157715

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