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ERIC Number: EJ186774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Reducing the Disparity Between Model Stimulus and Imitative Response in Two Autistic Subjects
Woods, Thomas S.
B.C. Journal of Special Education, 2, 1, 49-55, Spr 78
Two autistic boys, ages 6 and 10 years, whose imitative responding was functionally inaccurate and whose performance generalized poorly, were trained to imitate accurately using a reinforcement-extinction strategy. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Extinction (Psychology), Imitation, Learning Processes, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Stimulus Generalization
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Language: English
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