ASSESSING PREFERENCE FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION IN CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM | Zendy

Nuernberger Jodi E. | Zendy; Smith Cierra A. | Zendy; Czapar Kelly N. | Zendy; Klatt Kevin P. | Zendy

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ASSESSING PREFERENCE FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION IN CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM

Author(s) -

Nuernberger Jodi E.,

Smith Cierra A.,

Czapar Kelly N.,

Klatt Kevin P.

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

behavioral interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1099-078X

pISSN - 1072-0847

DOI - 10.1002/bin.1336

Subject(s) - psychology , autism , preference , reinforcement , developmental psychology , social relation , stimulus (psychology) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , economics , microeconomics

In this study, preference for social interaction was investigated for three young children diagnosed with autism. The study consisted of conducting a multiple stimulus without replacement preference assessment to determine a hierarchy of preference for the interactions and conducting a reinforcer assessment. Results showed several types of social interaction functioned as reinforcers. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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