Rapport has been acknowledged as an important variable in therapeutic contexts. The current evaluation defined and assessed rapport quality between children with autism and behavioral therapists based on behavioral correlates. In addition, the author evaluated the effects of an operant discrimination training procedure to enhance rapport levels for therapists with low levels of rapport. More specifically, the current study evaluated: (a) if the discrimination training procedure would establish therapists’ social interactions as a discriminative stimulus and (b) if social interaction would function as a conditioned reinforcer for novel responses. Results suggest that the discrimination training procedure was successful in conditioning social interaction as a reinforcer for all child participants, and as a result, rapport increased.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc699911 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Lapin, Carly Ilyse |
| Contributors | Toussaint, Karen A., Ingvarrson, Einar Thor, Vaidya, Manish |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 72 pages : illustrations (some color), Text |
| Rights | Public, Lapin, Carly Ilyse, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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