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Heather J. Forbes – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited spoken communication skills are commonly taught to mand by exchanging picture symbols. Competent manding via symbol exchange relies on conditional discrimination--that is, selecting the picture symbol that corresponds to the desired reinforcer. Picture Exchange Communication System…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Communication Skills, Intervention
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Feng, Hua; Chou, Wan-Chi; Lee, Gabrielle T. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
This study investigated the effects of tact prompts on the acquisition and retention of divergent intraverbal responding to categorical questions involving conditional discriminations. A 6-year-old boy with autism participated in the study. A multiple probe design across behaviors was used. A tact-prompt procedure was implemented. The results…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stimuli, Responses
Harms, Melanie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders are challenged with memory and language deficits that impact their skills acquisition (Martin, Klusek, Estigarriba, & Roberts, 2009; Turner & Alborz, 2003). The value of music when applied as an antecedent and a reinforcer has long been established to address such memory and language deficits…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Music Therapy, Discrimination Learning, Skill Development
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Reed, Phil; Savile, Amy; Truzoli, Roberto – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Stimulus over-selectivity is a phenomenon often displayed by individuals with many forms of developmental and intellectual disabilities, and also by individuals lacking such disabilities who are under cognitive strain. It occurs when only one of potentially many aspects of the environment controls behavior. Adult participants were trained and…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Mental Retardation, Discrimination Learning, Cognitive Processes
Rosales, Rocio; Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate derived manding skills in 2 adults with severe developmental disabilities and language deficits by contriving transitive conditioned establishing operations. Specifically, we evaluated whether a history of reinforced conditional discrimination learning would ultimately result in a derived mand…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Discrimination Learning, Developmental Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication
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Thomson, Kendra M.; Czarnecki, Diana; Martin, Toby L.; Yu, C. T.; Martin, Garry L. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The single-stimulus (SS) preference assessment procedure has been described as more appropriate than the paired stimulus (PS) procedure for "lower functioning" individuals, but this guideline's vagueness limits its usefulness. We administered the SS and PS preference assessment procedures with food items to seven individuals with severe…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Stimuli, Severe Mental Retardation, Discrimination Learning
Gutierrez, Anibal, Jr.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Dozier, Claudia L.; Borrero, John C.; Rapp, John T.; Bourret, Jason C.; Gadaire, Dana – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Acquisition of verbal behavior is a major goal of interventions for children with developmental disabilities. We evaluated the effectiveness of manipulation of an establishing operation for functional discriminated mands. Four individuals with developmental disabilities participated in a training procedure designed to teach two separate mands for…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Developmental Disabilities, Motivation, Intervention
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Reyer, H. S.; Sturmey, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Prior studies have showed that presentation methods could affect the accuracy of a choice assessment. Methods: In the current study, high- and low- preferred work tasks were identified in nine adults with developmental disabilities. Both tasks were then introduced in pairs within a choice assessment using the actual tasks, pictures of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Developmental Disabilities, Task Analysis, Discrimination Learning