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A Comparison Of Simple-Conditional, Conditional Only And Combined Blocking Procedures In Teaching Individuals With Autism Conditional Discriminations, Elizabeth J. Holmes
A Comparison Of Simple-Conditional, Conditional Only And Combined Blocking Procedures In Teaching Individuals With Autism Conditional Discriminations, Elizabeth J. Holmes
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Many behavioural intervention programmes use the simple-conditional method, involving first simple and then conditional discriminations, to teach conditional discriminations, such as receptive labelling, to individuals with autism. Other methods utilised with such individuals include the conditional-only method, involving only conditional discriminations. These methods have been compared in the past (Grow, Carr, Kodak, Jostad, & Kisamore, 2011). Results show that more errors are associated with the simple-conditional method and more reliable, efficient results with the conditional-only method in comparison. Combined-blocking procedures have also been shown to be effective in teaching conditional discrimination (Saunders & Spradlin, 1989, 1990, 1993).
This study compared …