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Direct linkMartin, Christian A.; Drasgow, Erik; Halle, James W.; Brucker, Jennifer M. – Educational Psychology, 2005
We used functional communication training to teach Bob, a 10-year-old student with autism and severe language delays, to reject items by touching an icon. Our initial assessment revealed that Bob's behaviours serving a rejecting function consisted of pushing away, yelling, bear hugging-grabbing, and leaving. We used prompting, differential…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Intervention, Delayed Speech, Autism
