"Excuse me: I'll have...": teaching appropriate attention-getting behavior to young children with severe handicaps

Procedures to teach two young children with severe handicaps to get an adult's attention when needing to make a request were developed. Both children were already capable of making requests in the presence of an adult, but not capable of getting the attention of the adult if not in close proximity. Both children acquired the response of getting out of his or her seat, walking over to the adult in the classroom, and exhibiting appropriate attention-getting behavior after training. This behavior maintained at a 3-week follow-up.