ERIC Number: EJ897938
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Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 11
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An Assessment of Self-Echoic Behavior in Young Children
Esch, John W.; Esch, Barbara E.; McCart, Jordon D.; Petursdottir, Anna Ingeborg
Analysis of Verbal Behavior, v26 p3-13 2010
In the behavioral literature, self-echoic behavior has been hypothesized to play an important role in, for example, emergent conditional discriminations (e.g., Lowenkron, 1991), emergent verbal operants (Horne & Lowe, 1996), and problem solving (Skinner, 1957). Although early behavioral intervention programs for children with autism emphasize the establishment of accurate echoic repertoires, the type of stimulus control that defines a self-echoic response is typically not addressed. We report the development of a self-echoic assessment procedure that was administered to children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Preliminary results indicated that a discrepancy between echoic and self-echoic repertoires was more likely to be present among participants with autism than among typically developing participants. Future research should evaluate the extent to which interventions to establish self-echoic responding might produce other collateral benefits. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Child Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Child Development, Auditory Stimuli, Reinforcement, Responses, Young Children, Verbal Communication
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