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Social Skills versus Skilled Social Behavior: A Problematic Distinction in Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Romanczyk, Raymond G.; White, Sara; Gillis, Jennifer M. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2005
The primary core deficit in autism spectrum disorders is social development. While frequently acknowledged as a critical aspect of intervention for improved functioning, research on the specifics of social development and effective models of intervention is not commensurate with the acknowledged importance. We present a model of social competence…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Behavior, Autism, Social Development
Separate but Interlocking Accounts of the Behavior of Both Speaker and Listener: When the Listener Speaks Is There More to Listening Then Just Listening?
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Thomas, C. A. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2004
The very fact that behavior analysts have so carefully analyzed the speaker in terms of maintaining variables, but disregard the listener's behavior as broadly "receptive" unless the listener vocalizes (then applying the operants of the speaker until the listener, stops vocalizing) seems to be missing the point of Skinner's original analysis in…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Verbal Stimuli, Verbal Communication, Listening Skills