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A study by Cihak, Smith, Cornett, and Coleman (2012) examined the effects of priming PECS training with video modeling on independent communicative initiations in children with Autism and developmental disabilities. The results of the study suggested that use of video modeling prior to introducing PECS to a student not only increased the number of communicative initiations but the student's rate of learning also increased. Although the results of the study are promising, additional research is required with more subjects and across different settings.