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Pistoljevic, Nirvana; Greer, R. Douglas – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2006
We tested the effects of an intensive tact instruction procedure on numbers of tacts emitted in non-instructional settings (NIS) using a multiple probe design across 3 participants (3- and 4-year old boys with autism). The dependent variable was tacts emitted in NIS before/after the mastery of sets of 5 different stimuli. The non-instructional…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Males, Reinforcement
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Carr, James E.; LeBlanc, Linda A. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2004
The authors comment on Drash and Tudor's operant theory of autism. Concerns with the theory's face validity and empirical support are presented, along with concerns about four aspects of the theory.
Descriptors: Autism, Validity, Behavior Theories, Social Environment