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TABLE 2<br />
Leisure Activities Used in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Preference Assessments<br />
Leisure Activity Stimuli Presented During a Trial<br />
Coloring Cray<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> coloring book<br />
Doing a puzzle 3-pieces<br />
Listening to music Tape recorder with pop music<br />
Painting Paint, paint brush, paper, <strong>and</strong> water<br />
Playing cards Deck of playing cards<br />
Playing with a light toy Rattle-shaped light toy called “Meteor Storm” about 20 cm<br />
tall<br />
Playing with object-sound<br />
related toy<br />
A cow-shaped plastic toy<br />
Playing with a velcro-ball Tennis ball wrapped with velcro <strong>and</strong> two rackets with velcro<br />
<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>e side<br />
Playing with a carpentry set Mini tool kit<br />
Playing with a toy car A miniature sport car about 6 cm l<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Playing with a xyloph<strong>on</strong>e A miniature xyloph<strong>on</strong>e (24 cm 11 cm)<br />
Reading magazines Three types of magazines<br />
Shaking a rattle Rattle<br />
Touching a lighting ball Plasma lighting ball about 33 cm tall<br />
Turning <strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> off a fan that<br />
lights up<br />
Battery operated h<strong>and</strong>-held fan<br />
Washing <strong>and</strong> applying loti<strong>on</strong> to<br />
h<strong>and</strong>s<br />
H<strong>and</strong> soap, sp<strong>on</strong>ge, water <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong> loti<strong>on</strong><br />
Watering plants Plastic plants <strong>and</strong> watering can<br />
Initial Object Preference Assessment<br />
Six activities were identified for each participant<br />
based <strong>on</strong> recommendati<strong>on</strong>s from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
participant’s caregivers <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong> practical c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
in presenting <strong>and</strong> performing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
activities during sessi<strong>on</strong>s. Table 2 lists all <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
leisure activities used <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> object stimuli<br />
presented <strong>on</strong> each trial.<br />
A paired-stimulus presentati<strong>on</strong> procedure<br />
was used (Fisher et al., 1992; Piazza, Fisher,<br />
Hagopian, Bowman, & Toole, 1996). Each<br />
stimulus was paired with every o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r stimulus<br />
twice, totaling 30 trials. Order <strong>and</strong> positi<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> stimuli were counterbalanced across trials.<br />
Trials were spread across two to four sessi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
depending <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant’s level of functi<strong>on</strong>ing.<br />
On each trial, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> experimenter presented<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> objects representing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two leisure<br />
activities c<strong>on</strong>currently <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> table.<br />
Verbal prompts <strong>and</strong> gestures were provided to<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant to attend to each stimulus. The<br />
experimenter <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n asked <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant to<br />
“pick <strong>on</strong>e”. Once <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant made an<br />
approach resp<strong>on</strong>se (touching or pointing to a<br />
stimulus), <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> n<strong>on</strong>-selected stimulus was removed<br />
immediately, <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant was<br />
allowed to engage in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> chosen activity for<br />
approximate 30 s. If <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> participant tried to<br />
approach both stimuli or did not choose an<br />
activity after 10 s, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> trial was repeated.<br />
At <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> end of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessment, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> preference<br />
measure for a stimulus was calculated by<br />
dividing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number of trials in which that<br />
stimulus was chosen by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> total number of<br />
trials that particular stimulus was available<br />
during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessment, multiplied by 100%.<br />
The most <strong>and</strong> least frequently preferred stimuli<br />
were used in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> next phase (see Table 3).<br />
Stimulus Modalities <strong>and</strong> Presentati<strong>on</strong> Procedures<br />
Four stimulus modalities were evaluated in a<br />
replicati<strong>on</strong> design. Presentati<strong>on</strong>s using objects<br />
(O) were given to each participant during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
first phase, followed by presentati<strong>on</strong>s using<br />
pictorial (P), video (V), <strong>and</strong> spoken (S) stimuli<br />
in subsequent phases. The order for P, V,<br />
<strong>and</strong> S phases was r<strong>and</strong>omized <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> four<br />
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