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The effects of tact training on the emergence of categorization and listener behavior in children with autism
Author(s) -
Miguel Caio F.,
KobariWright Vissy V.
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.62
Subject(s) - tact , categorization , psychology , autism , autism spectrum disorder , componential analysis , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , intervention (counseling)
We evaluated the effects of tact training on the emergence of categorization and listener behavior using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across 2 children with autism. Participants learned to tact the category name of 9 pictures that belonged to 3 different categories. We assessed whether participants accurately matched pictures by category and selected the correct comparisons when hearing their category names. After training, participants categorized and emitted listener behavior. One participant did not categorize until asked to tact the samples. These results suggest that tact training may be an efficient way to produce listener and categorization in children diagnosed with autism.