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Ferreri, Summer J.; Plavnick, Joshua B. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2011
Many children with severe developmental disabilities emit idiosyncratic gestures that may function as verbal operants (Sigafoos et al., 2000). This study examined the effectiveness of a functional analysis methodology to identify the variables responsible for gestures emitted by 2 young children with severe developmental disabilities. Potential…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children, Nonverbal Communication
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Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Wolfe, Pamela; Kostewicz, Douglas E. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2009
A general outcome measure (GOM) can be used to show progress towards a long-term goal. GOMs should sample domains of behavior across ages, be sensitive to change over time, be inexpensive and easy to use, and facilitate decision making. Skinner's (1957) analysis of verbal behavior may benefit from the development of GOM. To develop GOM, we…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Outcomes of Treatment, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Verbal Communication
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Normand, M. P.; Severtson, E. S.; Beavers, G. A. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2008
The functions of an American Sign Language response were experimentally evaluated with a young boy diagnosed with autism. A functional analysis procedure based on that reported by Lerman et al. (2005) was used to evaluate whether the target sign response would occur under mand, tact, mimetic, or control conditions. The target sign was observed…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Autism, American Sign Language, Functional Behavioral Assessment