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Comparison of two discrimination methods in teaching Chinese children with autism
Author(s) -
Lin Fan Yu,
Zhu Jing
Publication year - 2019
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.652
Subject(s) - psychology , autism spectrum disorder , autism , developmental psychology , simple (philosophy) , teaching method , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , philosophy , epistemology
In teaching conditional discriminations to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), practitioners may progress from simple to conditional discriminations or may teach conditional discriminations from the onset of instruction. Some research indicates that teaching simple discriminations first may be unnecessary and that teaching may more efficiently focus on conditional discriminations exclusively. This study replicated comparisons of simple‐to‐conditional and conditional‐only discrimination training methods in teaching audio‐visual conditional discriminations to Chinese preschoolers with ASD. Results indicated the conditional‐only training method appeared to be more efficient in teaching these skills.