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Publication Date: 2007
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Assessment of the Functions of Vocal Behavior in Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Replication
Kelley, Michael E.; Shillingsburg, M. Alice; Castro, M. Jicel; Addison, Laura R.; LaRue, Robert H., Jr.; Martins, Megan P.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v40 n3 p571-576 Fall 2007
Although experimental analysis methodologies have been useful for identifying the function of a wide variety of target behaviors (e.g., Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, & Richman, 1982/1994), only recently have such procedures been applied to verbal operants (Lerman et al., 2005). In the current study, we conducted a systematic replication of the methodology developed by Lerman et al. Participants were 4 children who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and who engaged in limited vocal behavior. The function of vocal behavior was assessed by exposing target vocal responses to experimental analyses. Results showed that experimental analyses were generally useful for identifying the functions of vocal behavior across all participants. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Children, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Autism, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Early Intervention
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