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ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF VOCAL STEREOTYPY ASSOCIATED WITH TELEVISION: A PILOT STUDY
Author(s) -
Lanovaz Marc J.,
Rapp John T.,
Ferguson Stéphanie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.35
Subject(s) - stereotypy , psychology , autism , sitting , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , neuroscience , amphetamine , pathology , dopamine
Abstract A 6‐year‐old boy who had been diagnosed with autism participated in a pilot study that showed that (a) television was associated with increased vocal stereotypy and (b) sitting was associated with lower levels of vocal stereotypy. Subsequently, we reduced vocal stereotypy while the television was on by reinforcing sitting on a variable‐interval schedule. Results suggest that conditional percentages may be useful for the identification of alternative behaviors as part of treatments for stereotypy.