Use of chaining to increase complexity of echoics in children with autism.
Echoics are a critical target of language intervention for children with autism, because a well-established echoic repertoire on the part of the child allows the clinician to use vocal modeling as a flexible, low-effort prompting procedure during teaching. In this study, we implemented a chaining procedure to increase the complexity of echoics in 2 children with autism and 1 child with developmental delay. The procedure was effective for all 3 participants, and gains were maintained after treatment was withdrawn in most cases.
Center for Autism and Related Disorders, USA.
Jonathan
J
Tarbox
Wendy
W
Madrid
Barbara
B
Aguilar
Wendy
W
Jacobo
Averil
A
Schiff
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D030141:Feedback, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013663:Teaching; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D014831:Voice