Teaching coin discrimination to children with visual impairments

J Appl Behav Anal. 2012 Spring;45(1):167-72. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-167.

Abstract

We taught 2 children with visual impairments to select a coin from an array using tactile cues after hearing its name and then to select a coin after hearing its value. Following the acquisition of these listener (receptive language) skills, we then observed the emergence of speaker (expressive language) skills without direct instruction.

Keywords: children; coin discrimination; visually impaired.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cues
  • Discrimination, Psychological / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Learning / physiology*
  • Male
  • Numismatics*
  • Teaching / methods*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / rehabilitation*