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A rapid assessment of skills in young children with autism
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A rapid assessment of skills in young children with autism

Dorothea C Lerman, Christina Vorndran, Laura Addison and Stephanie A Kuhn
Journal of applied behavior analysis, v 37(1), pp 11-26
2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2004.37-11
PMID: 15154212
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc1284474View
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Abstract

Educational interventions based on the principles of behavior analysis are highly effective for establishing skills in young children with autism. As a first step in program development, the child's current skill level is determined by evaluating performance on tasks drawn from a preestablished curriculum. However, few specific guidelines have been delineated for conducting these skills assessments or interpreting the results. In this study, we evaluated an efficient methodology for conducting skills assessments. Six children who had been diagnosed with autism participated. The relative efficacy of two assessment packages--one containing several reinforcement procedures and one containing several potentially effective prompts--was evaluated across two to three skills for each child using multiple baseline and reversal designs. Results suggested that the methodology was useful for matching targeted skills to appropriate interventions.

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