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In the present study, joint-control training was applied when teaching manded selection responses to children with autism. Four vocal children with autism participated in the first experiment, two males (ages seven and eight) and two females (ages seven and nine). The results showed that it was only after object-word naming was trained under joint control that the symmetrical performance of manded selection responses appeared with no additional training. Four non-vocal children with autism participated in the second experiment, two males (ages six and seven), and two females (ages twelve and thirteen). These results also showed that it was only after the joint tact/self-mimetic/sequelic control training that the symmetrical performance of manded selection responses appeared with no additional training.
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The first experiment is based on a thesis completed by the author, and supervised by Barry Lowenkron, that was submitted to the Department of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree in Psychology. The second experiment is based on a dissertation completed by the author, and supervised by Julie S. Vargas, that was submitted to the Department of Advanced Education at West Virginia University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Education degree in Educational Psychology. The author gratefully acknowledges Barry Lowenkron and Julie S. Vargas for their helpful support, and the author also thanks Robert W. Allan for his invaluable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript.
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Tu, J.C. The Role of Joint Control in the Manded Selection Responses of Both Vocal and Non-vocal Children with Autism. Analysis Verbal Behav 22, 191–207 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393039
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