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The effects of prompting, fading, and differential reinforcement on vocal mands in non‐verbal preschool children with autism spectrum disorders
Author(s) -
Thomas Benjamin R.,
Lafasakis Michael,
Sturmey Peter
Publication year - 2010
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.300
Subject(s) - psychology , differential reinforcement , autism spectrum disorder , differential effects , reinforcement , autism , developmental psychology , multiple baseline design , audiology , nonverbal communication , cognitive psychology , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , medicine , psychiatry
There are few procedures to teach non‐vocal children vocal mands. This study evaluated the effects of prompting, fading, and differential reinforcement on eye contact, pointing, vocal approximations, independent requests and immature mands in three children with Autism Spectrum Disorders who in baseline emitted almost no independent vocal mands. This procedure resulted in a large and socially valid increase in independent vocal mands, other appropriate responses and near elimination of immature mands. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.