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Cihon, Joseph H.; Ferguson, Julia L.; Leaf, Justin B.; Milne, Christine M.; Leaf, Ron; McEachin, John – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Prompts are commonly used during discrete trial teaching for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Three commonly used prompting systems include constant time delay, most-to-least prompting, and flexible prompt fading. Most of the research demonstrating the effectiveness of these three prompting strategies have been completed…
Descriptors: Cues, Prompting, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Grannan, Leigh; Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
The present investigation evaluated the effectiveness of category tact and match-to-sample instruction in facilitating the emergence of intraverbal responses (i.e., naming several items belonging to a specific category) for 2 children with autism. Results demonstrated the emergence of untaught responses, suggesting an effective instructional…
Descriptors: Young Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Operant Conditioning
Betz, Alison M.; Higbee, Thomas S.; Kelley, Kristen N.; Sellers, Tyra P.; Pollard, Joy S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Children with autism often demonstrate less variable behavior than their typically developing peers and those with other cognitive disabilities. A possible reason for lack of response variability emitted by children with autism is that they do not have a variety of response forms in their repertoire. Multiple-exemplar training through the use of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Child Behavior