Teaching verbal behavior to autistic individuals has undergone a significant philosophical and methodological evolution over the past several decades. Prior to the year 2000, the dominant approach involved highly structured, therapist-directed procedures that focused on building rote verbal responses.
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Join Free →In the decades prior to 2000, researchers designed procedures for teaching verbal behavior to autistic individuals that were structured, rigid, and focused on teaching rote skills. Now in the 2020s, there is a clear call for behavior analysts to ensure their interventions "produce outcomes likely to maintain under naturalistic conditions" (BACB Code of Ethics, 2.14). In terms of teaching verbal behavior, the mand often meets these guidelines, but the other verbal operants are not as straightforward. With a focus on the tact, the presenter will differentiate "educational tacts" and "natural tacts" and present a study analyzing variables that may lead to natural tacts. There will also be a discussion of the reinforcement for natural tacts and methods to establish generalized conditioned social reinforcers.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
| COA | 1 | — |
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