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标题：Assessment of The Functions of Vocal Behavior in Children With Developmental Disabilities: A Replication
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作者：Michael E Kelley ; M Alice Shillingsburg ; M Jicel Castro 等
期刊名称：Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
印刷版ISSN：0021-8855
电子版ISSN：1938-3703
出版年度：2007
卷号：40
期号：03
页码：571-576
DOI：10.1901/jaba.2007.40-571
出版社：University of Kansas - Dept Human Development
摘要：Although experimental analysis methodologies have been useful for identifying the function of a wide variety of target behaviors (e.g., Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, & Richman, 1982/1994), only recently have such procedures been applied to verbal operants (Lerman et al., 2005). In the current study, we conducted a systematic replication of the methodology developed by Lerman et al. Participants were 4 children who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities and who engaged in limited vocal behavior. The function of vocal behavior was assessed by exposing target vocal responses to experimental analyses. Results showed that experimental analyses were generally useful for identifying the functions of vocal behavior across all participants.
关键词：autism, developmental disabilities, functional analysis, language, speech, verbal behavior