ENHANCING CHOICE AND PARTICIPATION FOR ADULTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES IN COMMUNITY-BASED INSTRUCTION

Three adults with severe disabilities received instructional support t o make purchases in fast food restaurants During baseline and interven tion, participants received discrete. systematic prompting and feedbac k to perform the steps of the purchasing task analysis. During interve ntion, participants were prompted to make five distinct choices during the community routine. This prompting resulted not only in increased choicemaking, but also in collateral increases in the performance of t he purchasing task analysis.