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INCREASING RESPONSE VARIABILITY OF MAND FRAMES WITH SCRIPT TRAINING AND EXTINCTION
Author(s) -
Betz Alison M.,
Higbee Thomas S.,
Kelley Kristen N.,
Sellers Tyra P.,
Pollard Joy S.
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.2011.44-357
Subject(s) - mand , extinction (optical mineralogy) , psychology , autism , developmental psychology , audiology , cognitive psychology , medicine , paleontology , biology
We examined the effects of script training and extinction on response variability of mand frames used by children with autism. Results demonstrated that extinction following script training was effective for increasing variability for 2 of the 3 participants.