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AN EVALUATION OF TWO METHODS FOR INCREASING SELF‐INITIATED VERBALIZATIONS IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Matson Johnny L.,
Sevin Jay A.,
Box Margaret L.,
Francis Kelley L.,
Sevin Bart M.
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-389
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , audiology , medicine
Three children with autism and mental retardation were treated for deficits in self‐initiated speech. A novel treatment package employing visual cue fading was compared with a graduated time‐delay procedure previously shown to be effective for increasing self‐initiated language. Both treatments included training multiple self‐initiated verbalizations using multiple therapists and settings. Both treatments were efffective, with no differences in measures of acquisition of target phrases, maintenance of behavioral gains, acquisition with additional therapists and settings, and social validity.