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Newman B, Reinecke D, Ramos M. Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers with autism. Anal Verbal Behav. 2009;25:67-72doi: 10.1007/BF03393070.
Newman, B., Reinecke, D., & Ramos, M. (2009). Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers with autism. The Analysis of verbal behavior, 2567-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393070
Newman, Bobby, et al. "Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers with autism." The Analysis of verbal behavior vol. 25 (2009): 67-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393070
Newman B, Reinecke D, Ramos M. Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers with autism. Anal Verbal Behav. 2009;25:67-72. doi: 10.1007/BF03393070. PMID: 22477429; PMCID: PMC2779071.
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Anal Verbal Behav. 2009;25:67-72. doi: 10.1007/BF03393070.

Is a reasonable attempt reasonable? Shaping versus reinforcing verbal attempts of preschoolers with autism.

The Analysis of verbal behavior

Bobby Newman, Dana Reinecke, Marissa Ramos

Affiliations

  1. Room to Grow.

PMID: 22477429 PMCID: PMC2779071 DOI: 10.1007/BF03393070

Abstract

The effectiveness of a language-training procedure that emphasized reinforcing vocal "reasonable attempts" (any response directed at an interventionist and within a broader class of correct responses) was compared with a procedure that emphasized shaping (reinforcing successive approximations that more closely resembled the target vocalization). Three preschoolers who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders participated in the study. Data indicated that the children mastered vocal skills more rapidly when they learned through shaping than in the reasonable attempts condition. Implications for teaching children with autism spectrum disorders are discussed.

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