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M Alice Shillingsburg1, Crystal N Bowen2, Amber L Valentino2
1Marcus Autism Center, 1920 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA ; Emory University School of Medicine, 1920 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA.
Abstract:
The present study replicates and extends previous research on teaching "How?" mands for information to children with autism. The experimental preparation involved mand training in the context of completing preferred activities and included training and testing under conditions when the establishing operation (EO) was present and absent. Results show that two children with autism acquired mands for information using How? only in situations where information was valuable (i.e., the EO was present); they then consistently made use of the information provided in activity completion. Generalization to novel, untaught situations was assessed.
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