Formation of Choice Behavior by Eye Pointing in Children with Cerebral Palsy with Limited Expressive Means

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  • 表出手段に制限のある脳性まひ幼児のeye pointingを用いた選択行動の形成
  • ヒョウシュツ シュダン ニ セイゲン ノ アル ノウセイマヒ ヨウジ ノ ey

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The purpose of the present study was to develop an intervention program to establish eye pointing as a choice behavior in children with cerebral palsy whose expressive behaviors were limited, and then to examine the effectiveness of this intervention program. The program has three features: (a) it makes use of eye movements so that it can be utilized by children with extremely limited expressive behavior, so long as they can move their eyeballs voluntarily; (b) the situation used in the program was designed to be simple, so that children who are in an early stage of communication development can use the targeted choice behavior to get a toy; and (c) the program's procedure is simple and clear, so that it can be put into practice easily. Three children with cerebral palsy who were in different stages of communication development went through Stages 1, 2, and 3 of the program. The result of this intervention procedure was that eye pointing was successfully established as a choice behavior. Therefore, this program is effective in establishing eye pointing as a choice behavior in children with cerebral palsy who have limited expressive behavior.

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