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INCREASING RESPONSE DIVERSITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Napolitano Deborah A.,
Smith Tristram,
Zarcone Jennifer R.,
Goodkin Karen,
McAdam David B.
Publication year - 2010
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.2010.43-265
Subject(s) - autism , reinforcement , psychology , differential reinforcement , autism spectrum disorder , diversity (politics) , developmental psychology , intervention (counseling) , multiple baseline design , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , sociology , anthropology
Repetitive and invariant behavior is a diagnostic feature of autism. We implemented a lag reinforcement schedule to increase response diversity for 6 participants with autism aged 6 to 10 years, 4 of whom also received prompting plus additional training. These procedures appeared to increase the variety of building‐block structures, demonstrating that an intervention that includes differential reinforcement can increase response diversity for children with an autism spectrum disorder.