Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Department name when degree awarded
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas S. Higbee
Committee
Thomas S. Higbee
Committee
Timothy A. Slocum
Committee
Charles Salzberg
Committee
Benjamin Lignugaris/Kraft
Committee
Timothy Shahan
Abstract
Children with autism often display repetitive, stereotypical movements with toys in lieu of appropriate play skills. Unlike typically developing children, they do not vary their play with toys. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether three preschoolers with autism would vary their play actions when exposed to a lag schedule of reinforcement and physical prompting procedure. All three participants demonstrated varied play actions with the lag schedule and prompting procedure in place. These behaviors maintained when a probe was conducted two weeks later in the absence of the lag schedule. Although responding was high in the 2-week probes, participants demonstrated stereotypical patterns of behavior. This indicates a lag schedule and prompting procedure may be effective for evoking varied behavior in play.
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Recommended Citation
Harris, Mary Katherine Endicott, "An Analysis of Variability of Play Behavior with Preschool Children with Autism" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4968.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4968
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