ERIC Number: EJ959190
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-9401
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Intraverbal Behavior and Verbal Conditional Discriminations in Typically Developing Children and Children with Autism
Sundberg, Mark L.; Sundberg, Cindy A.
Analysis of Verbal Behavior, v27 p23-43 2011
Individuals with autism often experience difficulty acquiring a functional intraverbal repertoire, despite demonstrating strong mand, tact, and listener skills. This learning problem may be related to the fact that the primary antecedent variable for most intraverbal behavior involves a type of multiple control identified as a verbal conditional discrimination (VC[superscript D]). The current study is a descriptive analysis that sought to determine if there is a general sequence of intraverbal acquisition by typically developing children and for children with autism, and if this sequence could be used as a framework for intraverbal assessment and intervention. Thirty-nine typically developing children and 71 children with autism were administered an 80-item intraverbal subtest that contained increasingly difficult intraverbal questions and VC[superscript D]s. For the typically developing children the results showed that there was a correlation between age and correct intraverbal responses. However, there was variability in the scores of children who were the same age. An error analysis revealed that compound VC[superscript D]s were the primary cause of errors. Children with autism made the same types of errors as typically developing children who scored at their level on the subtest. These data suggest a potential framework and sequence for intraverbal assessment and intervention. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Autism, Comparative Analysis, Verbal Communication, Children, Questioning Techniques, Age Differences, Correlation, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
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