A systematic review of interventions to promote varied social-communication behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

K Wolfe, S Pound, MN McCammon… - Behavior …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may engage in repetitive social-
communication behaviors that can limit their skill acquisition, access to reinforcement, and …

A critical review of the support for variability as an operant dimension

SK Nergaard, P Holth - Perspectives on Behavior Science, 2020 - Springer
There is abundant evidence that behavioral variability is more predominant when
reinforcement is contingent on it than when it is not, and the interpretation of direct …

An evaluation of lag schedules of reinforcement during functional communication training: Effects on varied mand responding and challenging behavior

S Adami, TS Falcomata, CS Muething… - Behavior Analysis in …, 2017 - Springer
We evaluated the effects of lag schedules of reinforcement during functional communication
training (FCT) on the varied use of mands and challenging behavior by two individuals …

The use of a discrimination‐training procedure to teach mand variability to children with autism

MT Brodhead, TS Higbee… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the effects of a script‐fading and discrimination‐training procedure on mand
variability in preschoolers with autism. Participants were taught to vary their vocal mands in …

[HTML][HTML] Increased scale-free dynamics in salience network in adult high-functioning autism

S Damiani, A Scalabrini, J Gomez-Pilar, N Brondino… - Neuroimage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is clinically characterized by extremely slow and inflexible
behavior. The neuronal mechanisms of these symptoms remain unclear though. Using fMRI …

Views of professionals about the educational needs of children with neurodevelopmental disorders

J Van Herwegen, M Ashworth, O Palikara - Research in developmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Professionals play a key role in supporting children with special educational
needs in schools. However, the views of those working with neurodevelopmental disorders …

Increasing “object-substitution” symbolic play in young children with autism spectrum disorders

GT Lee, H Feng, S Xu, SJ ** - Behavior modification, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may not develop symbolic play skills, so
such skills need to be taught specifically. We report an experiment regarding a procedure …

Using Virtual Reality to explore individual differences in perception due to neurodiversity

S Savickaite - 2024 - theses.gla.ac.uk
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to our understanding of individual differences in visual
perception, specifically in autistic and ADHD traits as well as associated diagnosed groups; …

Carrying the baton: Evolution science and a contextual behavioral analysis of language and cognition

SC Hayes, BT Sanford, FT Chin - Journal of contextual behavioral science, 2017 - Elsevier
The contextual behavioral science (CBS) tradition is now carrying the baton passed forward
by its progenitor, BF Skinner: a request to explore the implications of evolution science …

The experience of autism from the perspective of autistic adolescents

S Trew - Disability & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to explore with autistic adolescents, their perspectives and
experiences related to autism. Situated in Australia, the study uses a qualitative …