ERIC Number: EJ1004123
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jun
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Stimulus Overselectivity in Typical Development: Implications for Teaching Children with Autism
Reed, Sarah R.; Stahmer, Aubyn C.; Suhrheinrich, Jessica; Schreibman, Laura
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v43 n6 p1249-1257 Jun 2013
Stimulus overselectivity is widely accepted as a stimulus control abnormality in autism spectrum disorders and subsets of other populations. Previous research has demonstrated a link between both chronological and mental age and overselectivity in typical development. However, the age at which children are developmentally ready to respond to discriminations involving simultaneous multiple cues has not been established. Thirty-seven typically developing preschoolers completed a task requiring response to simultaneous cues (color and shape) to establish the age at which typically developing children can successfully respond to multiple cues. Results demonstrate that typically developing children under 36 months of age have difficulty responding to multiple cues. Implications for behavioral treatment for autism are discussed.
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Cues, Mental Age, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Stimuli, Discrimination Learning, Task Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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