title: Discrete-trial training for autistic children when reward is delayed: a comparison of conditioned cue value and response marking.
abstract: Three children with autism were taught to identify pictures of objects. Their speed of acquisition of receptive speech skills was compared across two conditions. In the cue-value condition, a compound audiovisual stimulus was presented after correct responses and again when a primary reinforcer was delivered after a 5-s delay; in the response-marking condition, a second stimulus was presented after both correct and incorrect responses, but not prior to the primary reinforcer. In both conditions primary reinforcement was delayed for 5 s. Although the children learned receptive speech skills in both conditions, acquisition was faster in the cue-value condition.
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Corinna F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Grindle
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Remington
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013997:Time Factors