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Koegel, Lynn Kern; Koegel, Robert L.; Green-Hopkins, Israel; Barnes, Cynthia Carter – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
The literature suggests children with autism use communication primarily for requests and protests, and almost never for information-seeking. This study investigated whether teaching "Where" questions using intrinsic reinforcement procedures would produce the generalized use of the question, and whether concomitant improvements in…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Language Usage, Autism, Language Acquisition
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Carr, Edward G.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
Four nonverbal autistic boys (ages 11-16) were successfully taught sign language action-object phrases following an intervention composed of prompting, fading, stimulus rotation, and differential reinforcement. The skill generalized to new situations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
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Strain, Phillip S.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1979
Both interventions produced dramatic and comparable increases in positive social behavior in training sessions; however, post-treatment responding was not observed for either intervention during generalization assessment. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Generalization