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Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Aguilar, Gabriella – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
Receptive identification is usually taught in matching-to-sample format, which entails the presentation of an auditory sample stimulus and several visual comparison stimuli in each trial. Conflicting recommendations exist regarding the order of stimulus presentation in matching-to-sample trials. The purpose of this study was to compare acquisition…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Males, Receptive Language, Identification
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Grow, Laura L.; Kodak, Tiffany; Carr, James E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Previous research has demonstrated that the conditional-only method (starting with a multiple-stimulus array) is more efficient than the simple-conditional method (progressive incorporation of more stimuli into the array) for teaching receptive labeling to children with autism spectrum disorders (Grow, Carr, Kodak, Jostad, & Kisamore, 2011).…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods, Receptive Language
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Lepper, Tracy L.; Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg; Esch, Barbara E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
We evaluated the effects of operant discrimination training (ODT) on the vocalizations of 3 boys with autism. We compared ODT to a stimulus-stimulus pairing (SSP) condition and a control condition in an adapted alternating-treatments design. ODT increased the target vocalizations of all participants compared to the control condition, and its…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Males, Autism