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DeRosa CS Presentation
Autism Spectrum Disorders
1 in 80 to 1 in 240
I in 110
Estimated 1 in 94 boys born in the United States
(Based on CDC Report)
Difficulties in:
Interacting socially
Building meaningful relationships
Learning language
Learning to read
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Equivalence Paradigm
Reading Comprehension (Sidman, 1971)
Establishing Categories (Griffee & Dougher, 2002)
Statistics (Fields et al., 2009)
Braille Literacy (Toussaint & Tiger, 2010)
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Methodological Arrangement
Equivalence Class 1 Equivalence Class 2
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Who cares?
Basic research
Translated to application
Teaching children with autism:
To read
To understand language
To communicate
in the MOST efficient way possible
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What do I need?
2 user interfaces (researcher & participant)
Control of the order of presentation
Control of the number of comparison stimuli presented
Ability to change the images presented
Ability to record the amount of time taken to respond
Additionally:
Stimulus preference assessment
On-screen token board
Sound output
More…
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