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ASSESSMENT OF THE FUNCTIONS OF VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES: A REPLICATION
Author(s) -
Kelley Michael E.,
Shillingsburg M. Alice,
Castro M. Jicel,
Addison Laura R.,
LaRue Robert H.,
Martins Megan P.
Publication year - 2007
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.2007.40-571
Subject(s) - psychology , replication (statistics) , developmental psychology , variety (cybernetics) , typically developing , developmental disorder , autism , clinical psychology , audiology , cognitive psychology , medicine , virology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Although experimental analysis methodologies have been useful for identifying the function of a wide variety of target behaviors (e.g., Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, & Richman, 1982/1994), only recently have such procedures been applied to verbal operants (Lerman et al., 2005). In the current study, we conducted a systematic replication of the methodology developed by Lerman et al. Participants were 4 children who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and who engaged in limited vocal behavior. The function of vocal behavior was assessed by exposing target vocal responses to experimental analyses. Results showed that experimental analyses were generally useful for identifying the functions of vocal behavior across all participants.