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Wymer, Sarah C.; Tarbox, Jonathan; Beavers, Gracie A.; Tullis, Christopher A. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2016
Rule-governed behavior (RGB) results from contact with a verbal description of a contingency as opposed to prior contact with that contingency. Despite its importance, research on the establishment of RGB with learners who do not display the skill is limited. Tarbox, Zuckerman, Bishop, Olive, and O'Hora ("The Analysis of Verbal…
Descriptors: Autism, Teaching Methods, Child Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Gould, Evelyn; Dixon, Dennis R.; Najdowski, Adel C.; Smith, Marlena N.; Tarbox, Jonathan – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
A large proportion of national education and treatment centers for persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including those providing applied behavior analysis (ABA)-based services, show a relatively high percentage of agreement among practitioners on the instruments they routinely use for a variety of purposes, including curriculum design…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Intervention, Autism, Program Effectiveness
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Baltruschat, Lisa; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Tarbox, Jonathan; Dixon, Dennis R.; Najdowski, Adel C.; Mullins, Ryan D.; Gould, Evelyn R. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often exhibit impaired executive function (EF) performance, including difficulty with working memory (WM), in particular. While research has documented the existence of these deficits, surprisingly little research exists that evaluates potential treatment strategies for improving EF or WM. One…
Descriptors: Intervention, Maintenance, Autism, Short Term Memory
Najdowski, Adel C.; Chilingaryan, Vardui; Bergstrom, Ryan; Granpeesheh, Doreen; Balasanyan, Susie; Aguilar, Barbara; Tarbox, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Cummings and Carr (2009) compared two methods of data collection in a behavioral intervention program for children with pervasive developmental disorders: collecting data on all trials versus only the first trial in a session. Results showed that basing a child's progress on first-trial data resulted in identifying mastery-level responding…
Descriptors: Intervention, Maintenance, Autism, Data Collection
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Granpeesheh, Doreen; Dixon, Dennis R.; Tarbox, Jonathan; Kaplan, Andrew M.; Wilke, Arthur E. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) has been shown to effectively remediate some cases of autism. However, few studies have evaluated the importance of various factors, such as the effect of treatment intensity on treatment outcomes, and how these outcomes vary by age. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Outcomes of Treatment, Age Differences
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Tarbox, Rachel S. F.; Wallace, Michele D.; Penrod, Becky; Tarbox, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Three-step prompting is a procedure commonly used in behavioral assessments and interventions; however, little research has evaluated the effects of this procedure on increasing children's compliance with caregiver requests. In this study, caregivers of children who demonstrated low levels of compliance were trained to use three-step prompting…
Descriptors: Prompting, Child Caregivers, Young Children, Compliance (Psychology)