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Comparing Multiple Stimulus Preference Assessments without Replacement to In-the-Moment Reinforcer Analysis on Rate of Responding
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Alcalay, Aditt; Ferguson, Julia L.; Cihon, Joseph H.; Torres, Norma; Leaf, Justin B.; Leaf, Ronald; McEachin, John; Schulze, Kimberly A.; Rudrud, Eric H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
The provision of reinforcement to increase desired behaviors is a crucial element of behavior analytic intervention for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Formal preference assessments, like the multiple stimulus without replacement procedure (MSWO), are often used to determine reinforcers used during intervention. While…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reinforcement, Behavior Modification
Children with ASD Can Use Gaze in Support of Word Recognition and Learning
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McGregor, Karla K.; Rost, Gwyneth; Arenas, Rick; Farris-Trimble, Ashley; Stiles, Derek – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to understand familiar words and learn unfamiliar words. We explored the extent to which these problems reflect deficient use of probabilistic gaze in the extra-linguistic context. Method: Thirty children with ASD and 43 with typical development (TD) participated in a spoken…
Descriptors: Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Word Recognition