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Published on: May 14, 2019
Establishing Multiple-Control Responding of Children with Autism to People and Emotions in Context by Utilizing
Maureen T O'Connor1, Jordan Belisle1, Caleb R Stanley1
1Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA.
Abstract:
This study evaluated the efficacy of a set of procedures in evoking responding under multiple stimulus control (identifying emotions when provided a person and context) in a match-to-sample arrangement. Three participants with autism achieved a mastery criterion following direct training of the target relations, and two of the participants additionally demonstrated derived relations without direct training (identifying people when provided an emotion and context). Corrective procedures were effective in promoting the emergence of derived relations for the third participant. These data suggest that incorporating derived stimulus relation training and testing procedures may have utility for clinical interventions in children with autism.
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