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Jessica Singer-Dudek1, Victoria Sterkin1, Lisa Gold Linden1
1Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 223, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 USA.
Abstract:
In 2 experiments, using a within-subjects alternating-conditions design, we measured our participants' stereotypic and verbal behavior under 2 audience conditions. Our participants were 8 children, ages 10 and 11 years, diagnosed with autism and related developmental disabilities. We measured the percentage of intervals with occurrences of stereotypy (Experiment 1) and the number of verbal operants emitted per minute (Experiment 2) in the presence of 2 types of audiences: members of the participants' own special education class and typically developing peers from general education classes. Results from both experiments demonstrated that participants emitted a lower percentage of intervals with stereotypy and higher rates of social verbal operants in the presence of their typically developing peers than in their self-contained special education classrooms.
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