The Scene Cue: A Tool Delivered via Mobile Technology for Improving Independence in Direction-Following

• By: Anna A. Allen, PhD, CCC-SLP Autism Care Partners
• January 1st, 2022
• direction-following skills, independence, minimally verbal, moderate autism, non-verbal, scene cue, severe autism, technology, Winter 2022 Issue
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The introduction of visual supports can often augment spoken language comprehension for learners who are minimally verbal. For example, when directing a learner to put a box into a bag, a symbolate sentence strip of “box in bag” (see Figure 1) could improve understanding assuming the learner...