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ERIC Number: EJ719034
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
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Teaching a Child with Autism and Severe Language Delays to Reject: Direct and Indirect Effects of Functional Communication Training
Martin, Christian A.; Drasgow, Erik; Halle, James W.; Brucker, Jennifer M.
Educational Psychology, v25 n2-3 p287-304 Apr-Jun 2005
We used functional communication training to teach Bob, a 10-year-old student with autism and severe language delays, to reject items by touching an icon. Our initial assessment revealed that Bob's behaviours serving a rejecting function consisted of pushing away, yelling, bear hugging-grabbing, and leaving. We used prompting, differential reinforcement, and error correction procedures to replace pushing away with touching an icon to reject. We examined the effects of this direct intervention on pushing away on Bob's other rejecting behaviours to determine if there was any response co-variation. Results indicate that we were successful at replacing pushing away with touching an icon to reject items, but that this intervention had variable effects on the other behaviours serving a rejecting function. We discuss the implications of our procedures and results for the use of functional communication training in the treatment of problem behaviours in children with autism.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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