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Peer reviewedCarr, 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
Peer reviewedBeisler, Jean Madsen; Tsai, Luke Y. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1983
A communication program for autistic children (three to six years old) which increased communication skills in the context of establishing reciprocal communication exchanges involving intensive modeling of verbal responses within joint activity routines and reinforcement based on fulfilling the intent of the child's communication. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Contingency Management, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedKoegel, Robert L.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
The study compared the effectiveness of two different reinforcement conditions to teach speech to severely handicapped nonverbal autistic children (N=4). Findings indicated that reinforcing speech attempts was more effective than reinforcing motor speech sounds in terms of both children's interest and behavior and of improvements in children's…
Descriptors: Autism, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Acquisition, Reinforcement
