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MOTIVATING AUTISTIC CHILDREN THROUGH STIMULUS VARIATION
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This study evaluated the differential effectiveness of two methods of presenting discrimination tasks when teaching autistic children. In a constant task condition, the common method of presenting a single task throughout a session was used. In a varied task condition, the same task was interspersed with a variety of other tasks from the children's clinic curricula. Results showed declining trends in correct responding during the constant task condition, with substantially improved and stable responding during the varied task condition. In addition, naive observers judged the children to be more enthusiastic, interested, happier, and better behaved during the varied task sessions. These results suggest that “boredom” may be a particularly important variable to control in the treatment of autistic children, and that particular care may be necessary when defining criteria for task acquisition. The results are discussed in relation to the literature on increased responsivity to stimulus novelty and variation.
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- Authors
- Dunlap, G., & Koegel, R. L.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1980-12
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 619-627
- ISSN
- 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3703
- OpenAlex
- W1966771356
- Cited by
- 265
- References
- 13
- FWCI
- 7.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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