Open AccessConsideration of Both Discriminated and Generalized Responding When Teaching Children with Autism Abduction Prevention Skills
Author(s) -
Megan A Levesque-Wolfe,
Nicole Rodriguez,
Jessica J Niemeier-Beck
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
behavior analysis in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2196-8934
pISSN - 1998-1929
DOI - 10.1007/s40617-020-00541-9
Subject(s) - autism , generalization , psychology , stimulus control , set (abstract data type) , developmental psychology , stimulus (psychology) , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychiatry , nicotine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , programming language
We taught three children with autism how to respond to abduction lures presented by strangers. We then tested undesirable generalization of the safety response to matched instructions to leave by a familiar adult. Following training, all three participants engaged in the safety response across both strangers and familiar adults. Thus, we evaluated a set of procedures for establishing discriminated responding. Appropriate responding to instructions to leave by strangers versus familiar adults was achieved only after discrimination training. Discriminated responding occurred across a novel setting and maintained across 3 months; however, performance during stimulus generalization probes within community settings was variable.