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Dupere, Sally; MacDonald, Rebecca P. F.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Children with autism often engage in repetitive play with little variation in the actions performed or items used. This study examined the use of video modeling with scripted substitutable loops on children's pretend play with trained and untrained characters. Three young children with autism were shown a video model of scripted toy play that…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Behavior Problems, Play
Rapp, John T.; Rojas, Nairim C.; Colby-Dirksen, Amanda M.; Swanson, Greg J.; Marvin, Kendra L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Top-ranked items were identified during 30-min free-operant preference assessments for 9 individuals. Data from each session were analyzed to identify the item (a) that was engaged with first in each session and (b) to which the most responding was allocated after 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, and 25 min had elapsed in each session. The results…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Children, Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Van Camp, Carole M.; Lerman, Dorothea C.; Kelley, Michael E.; Roane, Henry S.; Contrucci, Stephanie A.; Vorndran, Christina M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
A study examined idiosyncratic environment-behavior relations associated with increased levels of problem behavior of a child with mental retardation and a typical child. Results indicated that idiosyncratic antecedent stimuli set the occasion for occurrences of problem behavior and that the behavior persisted in the absence of social…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Environmental Influences