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Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder to ask “where” questions using a speech‐generating device
Author(s) -
Carnett Amarie,
Ingvarsson Einar T.,
Bravo Alicia,
Sigafoos Jeff
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.663
Subject(s) - mand , psychology , autism , autism spectrum disorder , generalization , stimulus control , ask price , control (management) , stimulus (psychology) , applied behavior analysis , audiology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science , psychiatry , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economy , economics , nicotine
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited speech are often taught to communicate using a speech‐generating device (SGD). We evaluated procedures for teaching a mand for information (i.e., Where is [item]?) using an interrupted behavior chain procedure. In Experiment 1, all participants (3 children with ASD who communicated using an SGD) acquired the target mand but transfer to a novel stimulus did not occur. In the second experiment, 2 participants were taught to approach alternative communication partners when the first partner did not provide the information. The second experiment also included procedures to test whether the responses were under the control of appropriate motivating operations (MOs). Generalization across communication partners occurred with both participants, but transfer across behavior chains with only 1 participant. The results of both experiments suggest that teaching multiple behavior chains and evaluating MO control may be necessary to establish generalized manding for information.