Abstract
A modified multiple-baseline design across participants was used to evaluate a procedure for teaching the mand “Where?” to
3 children with autism. The participants were 3 and 5 years old and were participating in an intensive applied behavior analysis
program. The participants were able to mand for items they wanted when the items were not in sight but were unable to ask
where an item was located. The procedure consisted of a preference assessment for play activities, contrived conditioned motivating
operations (CMO’s), prompting the children to mand “Where,” and consequences for correct and incorrect responding. Each contrived
CMO consisted of an opportunity for the child to mand “Where” while playing with a selected activity, prompting the child
to mand, and reinforcing a correct response by answering the question “Where.” Two of the participants learned to mand “Where”
after training with 1 CMO and the mand generalized to novel contrived situations, activities, and the natural environment
and was maintained over time (up to 4-weeks), whereas one participant required training with a second CMO before generalization
occurred.
3 children with autism. The participants were 3 and 5 years old and were participating in an intensive applied behavior analysis
program. The participants were able to mand for items they wanted when the items were not in sight but were unable to ask
where an item was located. The procedure consisted of a preference assessment for play activities, contrived conditioned motivating
operations (CMO’s), prompting the children to mand “Where,” and consequences for correct and incorrect responding. Each contrived
CMO consisted of an opportunity for the child to mand “Where” while playing with a selected activity, prompting the child
to mand, and reinforcing a correct response by answering the question “Where.” Two of the participants learned to mand “Where”
after training with 1 CMO and the mand generalized to novel contrived situations, activities, and the natural environment
and was maintained over time (up to 4-weeks), whereas one participant required training with a second CMO before generalization
occurred.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-22
- DOI 10.1007/s10864-012-9148-y
- Authors
- Carole Marion, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, 129 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M6, Canada
- Garry L. Martin, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, 129 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M6, Canada
- C. T. Yu, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, 129 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M6, Canada
- Charissa Buhler, St. Amant Research Centre, 440 River Road, Winnipeg, MB R2M 3Z9, Canada
- Danni Kerr, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, 129 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M6, Canada
- Journal Journal of Behavioral Education
- Online ISSN 1573-3513
- Print ISSN 1053-0819