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Peer reviewedPalyo, William J.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
An operant-conditioning technique was used to teach three handicapped children (three to five years old) exhibiting echolalia to respond appropriately to a series of questions. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Echolalia, Exceptional Child Research
Dorow, Laura G. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1980
A severely disabled and retarded 15-year-old girl was examined for: effect of music and approval as reinforcers for following a command; effect of a food-pairing procedure on an approval alone condition, an approval plus music condition, and an ignore condition; durability of newly conditioned reinforcers; and strength of the new reinforcers as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Cottrell, Ann W. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1980
A training program in which operant procedures were used to improve the identification and definition of selected vocabulary words by a 6-year-old mildly retarded Down's syndrome girl is described. Results showed that the S had generalized the training and the findings were replicated with two additional children. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Downs Syndrome, Drafting
