The effects of a stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure on the unprompted vocalizations of a young child diagnosed with autism

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The Analysis of Verbal Behavior

Department

Psychology

ISSN

0889-9401

Volume

22

Issue

1

DOI

10.1007/BF03393028

First Page

81

Last Page

85

Publication Date

April 2006

Abstract

The current study evaluated the effects of a stimulus-stimulus pairing procedure intended to increase spontaneous vocalizations of a young child diagnosed with autism. A multiple-baseline design across two target phonemes was used to evaluate the effects of the pairing procedure on the frequency of phonemes uttered by the participant. Data were collected during presession, postsession, and follow-up periods across three conditions: Baseline, Control, and Pairing. During the Pairing conditions, a target phoneme was repeatedly vocalized by the experimenter and was systematically paired with preferred stimuli. Results from postsession observations following the pairing condition evidenced no increase in the target sounds. Practical and theoretical implications of the results are discussed.

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