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Teaching children with autism to tact private events based on public accompaniments
Author(s) -
Rajagopal Sandhya,
Nicholson Katie,
Putri Tiara Rahadian,
Addington Joshua,
Felde Ashley
Publication year - 2020
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.785
Subject(s) - tact , autism , psychology , generalization , autism spectrum disorder , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , nonverbal communication , cognitive psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We evaluated a method for teaching children with autism spectrum disorder to respond to tactile stimulation of multiple body parts. Various objects (e.g., hairbrush) produced the sensations (e.g., prickly). In a multiple baseline design across participants, participants learned 9 sensation body part tacts and the evaluation concluded with tests of generalization to 3 novel body parts, 6 novel objects, and 3 novel sensations. Participants demonstrated generalization to novel objects, and to a lesser extent, novel body parts, but did not generalize tacts to novel sensations. These findings are discussed in terms of implications for teaching children with autism to tact sensations.