Brief Report: An Assessment of Stimulus Generalization and Contingency Effects in Functional Communication Training with Two Students with Autism.

O'Neill, Robert E.; Sweetland-Baker, Margaret

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ERIC Number: EJ645118

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Brief Report: An Assessment of Stimulus Generalization and Contingency Effects in Functional Communication Training with Two Students with Autism.

O'Neill, Robert E.; Sweetland-Baker, Margaret

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v31 n2 p235-40 Apr 2001

This article reports on the outcomes of a study that used functional communication training (FCT) with two students, (ages 6 and 15) with autism and severe mental retardation, to add information to a database assessing the potential generalized effects of FCT and to examine the role that contingencies for appropriate and problem behaviors play in achieving outcomes. (Contains references.) (LC/Author)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Children, Communication Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Multiple Disabilities, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Severe Mental Retardation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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