title: Evaluation of multiple-alternative prompts during tact training.
abstract: This study compared 2 methods of fading prompts while teaching tacts to 3 individuals who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The 1st method involved use of an echoic prompt and prompt fading. The 2nd method involved providing multiple-alternative answers and fading by increasing the difficulty of the discrimination. An adapted alternating-treatments design showed that both procedures were more effective than a no-intervention control condition. Providing multiple alternatives did not increase error rates or teaching time, and better maintenance was shown for tacts taught with the multiple-alternative prompt.
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Leaf
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Townley-Cochran
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Aditt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcalay
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leaf
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leaf
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Mitch
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taubman
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McEachin
authors.affiliation: Autism Partnership Foundation.
authors.forename: Misty L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oppenheim-Leaf
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013663:Teaching
keywords: most-to-least prompting; prompt fading; tacting