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Kelly, M. P.; Reed, P. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2021
"Stimulus over-selectivity" describes a phenomenon in which an individual responds only to a subset of the stimuli present in the environment and, thus, may restrict learning. This study aimed to develop understanding of the nature and role of over-selectivity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by analyzing the relationship of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Processes
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Reichle, Joe; Byiers, Breanne J.; Reeve, Amanda – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently exhibit generalization errors, but many instructional programs fail to address this deficit. Generalization errors encompass when the learner should extend the use of a newly taught behavior to other contexts but does not (under-generalization), as well as when he or she should not use the…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Preschool Children, Intervention