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@article{citeulike:255123, abstract = {We measured the relationships between choice stimulus modalities and three basic discriminations (visual, visual matching-to-sample, and auditory-visual) using the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test. Participants were 9 adults who had moderate to profound developmental disabilities. Their most and least preferred leisure activities, identified by prior preference assessments, were presented using choice stimuli in three modalities (tangibles, pictures, and verbal descriptions) in an alternating-treatments design. For 8 of the 9 participants, discrimination skills predicted the selections of choice stimuli associated with their preferred activities. The results suggest that choice stimulus modalities in preference assessment of leisure activities need to be matched to the discrimination skills of persons with developmental disabilities.}, address = {University of Manitoba.}, author = {de Vries, C. and Yu, C. T. and Sakko, G. and Wirth, K. M. and Walters, K. L. and Marion, C. and Martin, G. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {255123}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110%3C145:PTREOV%3E2.0.CO;2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15762824}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15762824}, doi = {10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110%3C145:PTREOV%3E2.0.CO;2}, issn = {0895-8017}, journal = {Am J Ment Retard}, keywords = {developmental\_disabilities, picture, preference\_assessment, stamant, verbal, vl2003}, month = {March}, number = {2}, pages = {145--154}, posted-at = {2005-07-13 17:36:29}, priority = {0}, title = {Predicting the relative efficacy of verbal, pictorial, and tangible stimuli for assessing preferences of leisure activities.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110%3C145:PTREOV%3E2.0.CO;2}, volume = {110}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:255123 L3 - citeulike-article-id:255123 N2 - We measured the relationships between choice stimulus modalities and three basic discriminations (visual, visual matching-to-sample, and auditory-visual) using the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test. Participants were 9 adults who had moderate to profound developmental disabilities. Their most and least preferred leisure activities, identified by prior preference assessments, were presented using choice stimuli in three modalities (tangibles, pictures, and verbal descriptions) in an alternating-treatments design. For 8 of the 9 participants, discrimination skills predicted the selections of choice stimuli associated with their preferred activities. The results suggest that choice stimulus modalities in preference assessment of leisure activities need to be matched to the discrimination skills of persons with developmental disabilities. IS - 2 JF - Am J Ment Retard SN - 0895-8017 AD - University of Manitoba. EP - 154 TI - Predicting the relative efficacy of verbal, pictorial, and tangible stimuli for assessing preferences of leisure activities. VL - 110 SP - 145 KW - developmental_disabilities KW - picture KW - preference_assessment KW - stamant KW - verbal KW - vl2003 AU - de Vries, C AU - Yu, CT AU - Sakko, G AU - Wirth, KM AU - Walters, KL AU - Marion, C AU - Martin, GL PY - 2005/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110%3C145:PTREOV%3E2.0.CO;2 ER -