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Grindle, Corinna F.; Remington, Bob – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Five children with autism were taught to match printed words to corresponding pictures. Participants' speed of learning was compared across three training conditions, each involving a 5-s delay of reinforcement, using a within-participants alternating treatments design. In the cue-value condition, a verbal phrase of approval (e.g., "good!") was…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Teaching Methods, Autism, Children

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