Empirical application of Skinner's verbal behavior to interventions for children with autism: A review

AA DeSouza, JS Akers, WW Fisher - The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2017 - Springer
Sundberg and Michael (2011) reviewed the contributions of Skinner's (1957) Verbal
Behavior to the treatment of language delays in children with autism spectrum disorder …

Comparing communication systems for individuals with developmental disabilities: A review of single-case research studies

C Gevarter, MF O'Reilly, L Rojeski, N Sammarco… - Research in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Studies that have compared different communication systems for individuals with
developmental disabilities were systematically reviewed in an effort to provide information …

Increasing the mand repertoire of children with autism through the use of an interrupted chain procedure

KM Albert, VJ Carbone, DD Murray, M Hagerty… - Behavior analysis in …, 2012 - Springer
Mand training is an essential component of verbal behavior training for any individual who
lacks this skill. The current study replicates and extends, with some procedural differences …

The effects of an abolishing operation intervention component on play skills, challenging behavior, and stereotypy

R Lang, M O'Reilly, J Sigafoos… - Behavior …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to reduce stereotypy and challenging behavior during play
skills instruction by adding an abolishing operation component (AOC) to the intervention …

Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior.

LP Hagopian, CL Dozier, GW Rooker, BA Jones - 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Decades of research have shown that as with appropriate behavior, most problem behavior
is learned and that both appropriate and problem behavior can serve common functions …

The motivating operations concept: Current status and critical response

S Laraway, S Snycerski, R Olson, B Becker… - The Psychological …, 2014 - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of the Motivating Operation Concept (MOC), followed
by a critical response to Whelan and D. Barnes-Holmes (2010), who argued against the …

Does teaching an omnibus mand preclude the development of specifying mands?

SN Ward, GP Hanley, CA Warner… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
When problem behavior is controlled by a synthesized reinforcement contingency, a simple
omnibus mand that yields access to all reinforcers simultaneously has been shown to …

Comparisons of intervention components within augmentative and alternative communication systems for individuals with developmental disabilities: A review of the …

C Gevarter, MF O'Reilly, L Rojeski, N Sammarco… - Research in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Decisions regarding augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for individuals with
developmental disabilities (eg what AAC to use and how to teach a person to use a specific …

The influence of matching and motor‐imitation abilities on rapid acquisition of manual signs and exchange‐based communicative responses

MK Gregory, IG DeLeon… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Establishing a relation between existing skills and acquisition of communicative responses
may be useful in guiding selection of alternative communication systems. Matching and …

A systematic examination of different parameters of presession exposure to tangible stimuli that maintain problem behavior

M O'Reilly, R Lang, T Davis, M Rispoli… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the effects of three different presession conditions on tangibly maintained
problem behavior for 2 students with autism, using individual‐participant multielement …