NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Esch, John W.; Esch, Barbara E.; McCart, Jordon D.; Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2010
In the behavioral literature, self-echoic behavior has been hypothesized to play an important role in, for example, emergent conditional discriminations (e.g., Lowenkron, 1991), emergent verbal operants (Horne & Lowe, 1996), and problem solving (Skinner, 1957). Although early behavioral intervention programs for children with autism emphasize the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Child Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stock, Richard A.; Schulze, Kimberly A.; Mirenda, Pat – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2008
An alternating treatments design was employed to compare the effect of stimulus-stimulus pairing, standard echoic training, and a control condition on the vocal behavior of 3 preschoolers with autism. Data were recorded during pre- and postsession observations. During the stimulus-stimulus pairing condition, the experimenter's vocal model was…
Descriptors: Autism, Outcomes of Treatment, Comparative Analysis, Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jennett, Heather K.; Harris, Sandra L.; Delmolino, Lara – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2008
The present study compared the effects of discrete trial instruction (DTI) and mand training on the acquisition of independent requests in 6 children with autism. Two multiple-probe designs across participants were conducted with 3 participants receiving mand training followed by DTI and the other 3 receiving DTI followed by mand training. Eye…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Human Body, Comparative Analysis