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Johnson, Gaige; Kohler, Kelly; Ross, Denise – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of the current paper is to describe the impact of applied behaviour analysis on language treatment for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) diagnoses. Specifically, this paper will describe Skinner's theory of verbal behaviour and its contributions to evidence-based treatments for communication deficits among individuals with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Verbal Communication, Children
Fisher, Wayne W., Ed.; Piazza, Cathleen C., Ed.; Roane, Henry S., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Describing the state of the science of ABA, this comprehensive handbook provides detailed information about theory, research, and intervention. The contributors are leading ABA authorities who present current best practices in behavioral assessment and demonstrate evidence-based strategies for supporting positive behaviors and reducing problem…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Substance Abuse, Early Reading, Autism
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Lovaas, Ivar; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1987
A detailed hypothesis of the acquisition and maintenance of self-stimulatory behavior is offered, proposing that such behaviors are operant responses whose reinforcers are automatically produced perceptual consequences. Related concepts are discussed, and support for the hypothesis from the areas of sensory reinforcement and sensory deprivation is…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Theories, Etiology
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Axelrod, Saul; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1978
Research on overcorrection (for use with the mentally handicapped, schizophrenic, and autistic) is reviewed, and two types of overcorrection, restitutional and positive-practice, are described. (BD)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
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Lovaas, O. Ivar – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974
Discussed from a behavioral perspective are theoretical approaches and recent educational and research developments in the field of childhood autism. (CL)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Emotional Disturbances
Hamblin, Robert L.; And Others – 1967
A description of the Social Exchange Laboratory's work with autistic children is presented. The laboratory's philosophy of the exchange theory of autism, seen as a set of habitual response patterns maintained and intensified by exchanges which are inadvertantly structured by others in the child's environment, is set forth with characteristics,…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories