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A COMPARISON OF GENERAL AND DESCRIPTIVE PRAISE IN TEACHING INTRAVERBAL BEHAVIOR TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
Author(s) -
Polick Amy S,
Carr James E,
Hanney Nicole M
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.45-593
Subject(s) - praise , autism , psychology , developmental psychology , descriptive research , descriptive statistics , nonverbal communication , applied behavior analysis , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
Descriptive praise has been recommended widely as an important teaching tactic for children with autism, despite the absence of published supporting evidence. We compared the effects of descriptive and general praise on the acquisition and maintenance of intraverbal skills with 2 children with autism. The results showed slight advantages of descriptive praise in teaching efficiency in the majority of comparisons; however, these effects dissipated over time.