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USING MULTIPLE‐EXEMPLAR TRAINING TO TEACH A GENERALIZED REPERTOIRE OF SHARING TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
MarzulloKerth Denise,
Reeve Sharon A.,
Reeve Kenneth F.,
Townsend Dawn B.
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-279
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , generalization , repertoire , stimulus generalization , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , developmental psychology , multiple baseline design , cognitive psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , intervention (counseling) , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , psychiatry , acoustics , perception
The current study examined the utility of multiple‐exemplar training to teach children with autism to share. Stimuli from 3 of 4 categories were trained using a treatment package of video modeling, prompting, and reinforcement. Offers to share increased for all 3 children following the introduction of treatment, with evidence of skill maintenance. In addition, within‐stimulus‐category generalization of sharing was evident for all participants, although only 1 participant demonstrated across‐category generalization of sharing. Offers to share occurred in a novel setting, with familiar and novel stimuli, and in the presence of novel adults and peers for all participants during posttreatment probes.