Affiliation:
1. Department of Applied Behavior Analysis Caldwell University Caldwell New Jersey USA
2. DATA Group Central Atlantic Highlands New Jersey USA
Abstract
AbstractPlay provides children learning opportunities in the natural environment to acquire communication skills. While working to establish skills that may lead to additional leisure and social opportunities of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), procedures need to be both effective and efficient. One way to increase efficiency of teaching is through the use of instructive feedback (IF). Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to systematically replicate and extend previous research by examining if play behaviors emerge when using IF to teach conceptually related primary (i.e., tacts) and secondary targets (i.e., play skills). The results of the present study extend previous research by demonstrating the effectiveness of teaching tacts to individuals with ASD, and that using IF during tact training can help promote the acquisition of play skills.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Clinical Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology
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