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Peer reviewedStichter, Janine Peck – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article suggests possible applications of experimental analyses using analogues to empirically verify results of functional assessments in classrooms for students with autism and related disabilities. Analogue assessments involve creating conditions in which antecedents and consequences are held constant and specific variables suspected to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Autism, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedDunlap, Glen; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1994
Parents (n=79) of children with autism and related disabilities were surveyed about their children's challenging behaviors and what resources were needed to manage these behaviors. A high frequency of such behaviors was reported. Contingency management was the most effective management approach. Results are discussed in terms of families' needs,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedAndo, Haruhiko – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1977
Five profoundly retarded males (6 to 9 years old) with clinical manifestations of autism were used to evaluate the use of operant conditioning techniques to toilet train children in an autism ward of a hospital for developmentally disturbed children. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Developmental Disabilities
