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Training Asian Immigrant Parents to Teach Manding to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Xiaohan Chen; Ann X. Huang – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2025
Children with autism spectrum disorder often exhibit difficulties in social communication and interaction. Those who do not acquire functional communication to effectively express wants and needs often are at a higher risk of displaying challenging behaviors. Mand training is recognized as an evidence-based intervention for teaching communication…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Children
Replication and Extension of the Effects of Lag Schedules on Mand Variability and Challenging Behavior during Functional Communication Training
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Silbaugh, Bryant C.; Swinnea, Samantha; Falcomata, Terry S. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2020
More is known about how to reduce challenging behavior with functional communication training (FCT) than how to mitigate its resurgence during or following a course of treatment. Research suggests reinforcing mand variability during FCT may mitigate the resurgence of challenging behavior, but validated procedures for reinforcing mand variability…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Reinforcement
Systematic Review of Mand Training Parameters for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in School Settings
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Tapp, Melissa C.; Pennington, Robert C.; Clausen, Amy M.; Carpenter, Megan E. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
In the current investigation, we reviewed the literature on mand training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in schools. Ninety-three studies met our inclusion criteria including 225 individual participants. Data were extracted related to participant demographics (e.g., age, disability, response form) and study…
Descriptors: Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Students with Disabilities
Increasing Peer-Directed Vocal Manding of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Centone, Kayla; Dilks, Abigail; Tincani, Matt – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Manding for preferred items and activities is a critical skill for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, little research has evaluated procedures to teach children with ASD to mand with their peers. This study evaluated the effects of a teaching package involving least-to-most prompting to increase peer-directed vocal…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder as Behavior Technicians for Young Children with Autism: Outcomes of a Behavioral Skills Training Program
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Lerman, Dorothea C.; Hawkins, Lynn; Hillman, Conrad; Shireman, Molly; Nissen, Melissa A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who were interested in working as behavior technicians for young children with autism, participated in 2 experiments. Participants included 5 adults with Asperger syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, 19 to 23 years old, and 11 children with autism, 3 to 7 years old. In…
Descriptors: Adults, Young Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Treatment of Covert Food Stealing in an Individual with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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Maglieri, Kristen, A.; DeLeon, Iser G.; Rodriguez-Catter, Vanessa; Sevin, Bart M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
A study found verbal reprimands, delivered contingent upon eating prohibited foods, were sufficient to decease the food stealing of a girl (age 14) with Prader-Willi syndrome. Warning stimuli were then successfully used to help her discriminate between permitted/prohibited foods during sessions in which food stealing was not directly observed.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Eating Disorders, Females