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The Effects of Rate Contingent Consequences and Charting on Response Rates for Two Children with Autism.

This study investigated the effects of a precision teaching package on response rates of children with autism. Prior to both experiments a preference assessment was conducted to identify high preference activities for each participant. Experiment 1 investigated whether response rates would shift as a function of rate-contingent consequences during an academic task. Different activities were associated with different rates of responding. The experimental package of 1 minute timings, rate contingent consequences, and charting was successful in increasing the rates of responding when the most highly preferred activity was associated with high rates of responding. When the contingencies were switched and the most highly preferred activity was contingent on lower rates of responding, the participant's responding did not decrease. Experiment 2 was an attempt to replicate the results of Experiment 1 using a multiple baseline across tasks. The experimental package was not successful in increasing the rate of responding.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc4535
Date05 1900
CreatorsBerman, Christine M.
ContributorsGlenn, Sigrid S., 1939-, Ellis, Janet, Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Berman, Christine M., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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