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Peer reviewedPattington, James W.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
A six-year-old nonvocal girl with autism who had acquired a variety of signs and imitative responses consistently failed to acquire a tact (labeling) repertoire. When procedures to transfer stimulus control from verbal to nonverbal stimuli were implemented, the subject quickly learned to tact all 18 target stimuli. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Learning
