Evaluating Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing and Direct Reinforcement in the Establishment of an Echoic Repertoire of Children Diagnosed with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Esch, B. E.; Carr, J. E.; Michael, J.
Titel	Evaluating Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing and Direct Reinforcement in the Establishment of an Echoic Repertoire of Children Diagnosed with Autism
Quelle	In: Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 21 (2005), S.43-58 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-9401
Schlagwörter	Autism; Reinforcement; Language Acquisition; Young Children; Vowels; Verbal Communication; Auditory Stimuli; Communication Disorders; Toys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Positive Verstärkung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Frühe Kindheit; Auditive Stimulation; Kommunikationsstörung; Toy; Spielzeug
Abstract	Many children with autism do not imitate adult vocalizations, an important skill in learning to talk. Pairing adult vocalizations with preferred stimuli has been shown to increase free-operant vocalizations but effects are temporary; thus, direct reinforcement may be necessary to establish durable vocal behaviors. In Experiment 1, directly reinforced echoic responses did not increase following stimulus-stimulus pairings in three children with autism. Similarly, pairings did not increase free-operant vocalizations in Experiment 2, a replication of Miguel et al. (2002). Experiment 3 demonstrated that shaping increased vowel frequency for one participant. Results suggest that variables are yet to be delineated that influence effectiveness of a stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure on vocalization frequency and acquisition of a verbal operant following such pairings. (Contains 5 figures and 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10