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Luiselli, James K.; Ricciardi, Joseph N.; Schmidt, Sarah; Tarr, Melissa – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 2004
We conducted a brief (8 days) functional analysis to identify sources of control over persistent saliva-play displayed by a 6-year old child with autism in a school setting. The functional analysis suggested that saliva-play was maintained by automatic reinforcement, leading to an intervention evaluation (3 days) that compared two methods of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification

Harris, Sandra L. – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1986
Reports on a follow-up mail survey of the continuing use of behavior modification procedures learned by 30 families who had participated in a training program for parents of autistic preschool children four to seven years previously. More than half no longer used formal behavior modification procedures. (PS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Followup Studies, Parent Attitudes

Weisberg, Paul; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1986
By watching and responding to the way a shill answered "yes-no" questions about food items, a developmentally delayed preschool boy greatly improved over his poor base-line "yes-no" answers to these same items. He was also able to give correct answers subsequently during generalization probe sessions. (PS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Developmental Disabilities

Gordon, Rita; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1986
For a seven-year-old autistic boy, contingent jogging caused a significant decline in frequency of out-of-seat behavior that was maintained for 12 months. Unlike many other behavior suppression techniques, contingent exercise is safe and does not humiliate the client. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification