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The Role of Different Social Reinforcement Contingencies in Inducing Echoic Tacts through Motor Imitation Responding in Children with Severe Language Delays

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Tsiouri, Ioanna; Greer, R. D. – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2007

The study investigated the role of social reinforcement, when teaching two preschoolers with no functional vocal verbal behavior first instances of echoic responses, using rapid motor imitation responding. The dependent variables for the experiment were: (1) echoic tacts (echoics presented under the controlling variables of tacts) and (2)…

Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Delayed Speech, Imitation, Interpersonal Relationship