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Peer reviewedBarrera, Richardo D.; Sulzer-Azaroff, Beth – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1983
Comparison of the relative effectiveness of oral and total communication training models for teaching expressive labeling skills to three echolalic autistic children (six-nine years old) demonstrated that total communication was the most successful approach with each of the Ss. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Echolalia, Elementary Education, Oral Communication Method
Peer reviewedWherry, Jeffrey N.; Edwards, R. P. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1983
The effectiveness of verbal, sign, and simultaneous systems for the acquisition of receptive language by an autistic boy was investigated. Results suggest nonsignificant differences among the three methods. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language
