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Antecedent selection: The use of simplified speech versus typical speech in discrete trial teaching formats

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Date Issued:
2001
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Research has shown that applied behavior analysis is an effective methodology for instruction of children with autism. Furthermore, recent research has indicated a direct correlation between autism severity level and response accuracy under different verbal discriminative stimulus conditions used in the antecedent portion of a discrete instructional trial. This study was conducted to further investigate the relationship between autism severity level and response accuracy under different verbal discriminative stimulus conditions using the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) to measure the autism severity of four prekindergarten students who were being served in home-based applied behavior analysis programs. Response accuracy was assessed under two experimental conditions for each participant: simplified speech and typical speech, using an alternating treatments design. These results are presented and discussed in relation to improving the effectiveness of early intervention program.
Title: Antecedent selection: The use of simplified speech versus typical speech in discrete trial teaching formats.
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Name(s): Brown, Mapy Chavez., author
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Scott, Jack, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2001
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 65 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Research has shown that applied behavior analysis is an effective methodology for instruction of children with autism. Furthermore, recent research has indicated a direct correlation between autism severity level and response accuracy under different verbal discriminative stimulus conditions used in the antecedent portion of a discrete instructional trial. This study was conducted to further investigate the relationship between autism severity level and response accuracy under different verbal discriminative stimulus conditions using the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) to measure the autism severity of four prekindergarten students who were being served in home-based applied behavior analysis programs. Response accuracy was assessed under two experimental conditions for each participant: simplified speech and typical speech, using an alternating treatments design. These results are presented and discussed in relation to improving the effectiveness of early intervention program.
Identifier: 9780493070612 (isbn), 12734 (digitool), FADT12734 (IID), fau:9615 (fedora)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.Ed.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Subject(s): Autistic children--Behavior modification
Autism in children--Diagnosis
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