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Direct linkKimpel, Alyssa L.; DeQuinzio, Jaime A.; Ahearn, William H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The use of auditory stimulation to decrease vocal stereotypy in individuals with autism spectrum disorder has been the focus of several studies in recent years. Some of these studies investigated the use of auditory stimulation in the form of music, some evaluated the use of other interventions in tandem with auditory stimulation, and others…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Problems, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Cividini-Motta, Catia; Scharrer, Nicole; Ahearn, William H. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017
The research literature has revealed mixed outcomes on various procedures for increasing vocalizations and echoic responding in persons with disabilities (Miguel, Carr, & Michael "The Analysis of Verbal Behavior," 18, 3-13, 2002; Stock, Schulze, & Mirenda "The Analysis of Verbal Behavior," 24, 123-133, 2008). We…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Autism, Verbal Stimuli, Developmental Delays
Colon, Candice L.; Ahearn, William H.; Clark, Kathleen M.; Masalsky, Jessica – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
Past research has shown that response interruption and redirection (RIRD) can effectively decrease automatically reinforced motor behavior (Hagopian & Adelinis, 2001). Ahearn, Clark, MacDonald, and Chung (2007) found that a procedural adaptation of RIRD reduced vocal stereotypy and increased appropriate vocalizations for some children, although…
Descriptors: Autism, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Children
Download full textHerscovitch, Brandon; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Libby, Myrna E.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
We describe a procedure for differentiating among potential precursor responses for use in a functional analysis. Conditional probability analysis of descriptive assessment data identified three potential precursors. Results from the indirect assessment corresponded with those obtained from the descriptive assessment. The top-ranked response…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Data Analysis, Probability, Behavior Problems
Pence, Sacha T.; Roscoe, Eileen M.; Bourret, Jason C.; Ahearn, William H. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
This study compared the outcomes of three descriptive analysis methods--the ABC method, the conditional probability method, and the conditional and background probability method--to each other and to the results obtained from functional analyses. Six individuals who had been diagnosed with developmental delays and exhibited problem behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Developmental Delays
Ahearn, William H.; Clark, Kathy M.; MacDonald, Rebecca P. F.; Chung, Bo In – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Previous research implies that stereotypic behavior tends to be maintained by the sensory consequences produced by engaging in the response. Few investigations, however, have focused on vocal stereotypy. The current study examined the noncommunicative vocalizations of 4 children with an autism spectrum disorder. First, functional analyses were…
Descriptors: Autism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Oral Language
