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An Examination of the Effects of Chaining on Echoics Through Remote Technology with Children with Autism
Hart, Jorey Layne
Hart, Jorey Layne
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Communication deficits are a characteristic of autism. Applied behavior analysis intervention is a medically necessary service for which children with autism qualify. B. F. Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior and verbal operants, such as the echoic, provides a framework for applying the principles of behavior to improve communication. Behavior analysts have studied several interventions to increase echoic repertoires, including chaining. The chaining of echoics has successfully increased correct echoic responding and involves breaking a response into smaller components, presenting the smaller links, and then putting the whole response back together (Tarbox et al., 2009). Given the uprise in telehealth service delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the purpose of this study was to systematically replicate and extend the procedure described by Tarbox et al. (2009) with four children with autism and examine the effectiveness of a chaining intervention delivered using remote technology on echoic complexity. Results were generally consistent with previous research that suggests chaining effectively increases the complexity of echoic behavior.
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2023-05-31
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University of Kansas
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Behavioral sciences, autism, chaining, communication delays, echoics, remote technology, vocal imitation