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Direct linkValentino, Amber L.; Fu, Sherrene Brice; Padover, Jessica L. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2019
Mands for information (MFIs) play an important role in language development and are important for successfully acquiring new information from one's environment. Yet many individuals with autism do not acquire mands for information without direct teaching. Research has demonstrated effective procedures for teaching all "wh" forms, except…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Autism, Teaching Methods, Language Acquisition
Esch, Barbara E.; Esch, John W.; Palmer, David C. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017
When the B. F. Skinner Foundation reprinted Skinner's "Verbal Behavior" in 1992, Jack Michael wrote one of its two forewords, a detailed outline of the book's purpose and scope. On the 60th anniversary of the first publication (1957) of "Verbal Behavior", Jack reflects on the book's impact and its importance to the…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Language Usage, Operant Conditioning, Language Acquisition
Shillingsburg, M. Alice; Valentino, Amber L. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2011
Children with autism often do not learn to mand for information without structured teaching. Studies have demonstrated that manipulation of establishing operations (EOs), prompts, prompt fading, and differential reinforcement are effective in teaching children with autism to ask "wh" questions such as "what," "who," and "where." To date, no…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Reinforcement
Fiorile, Carol A.; Greer, R. Douglas – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2007
The phenomenon identified as naming is a key stage of language function that is missing in many children with autism and other language delay diagnoses. We identified four children with autism, who, prior to the implementation of this experiment, did not have the naming repertoire (either speaker to listener or listener to speaker) and who had no…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Preschool Children, Autism, Language Acquisition
