Using functional assessment to determine the maintaining contingencies of non-contextual speech by children with autism
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu14134571182021-08-03T06:27:41Z Using functional assessment to determine the maintaining contingencies of non-contextual speech by children with autism Murphy, Corinne Marie Education Children diagnosed with autism often display inappropriate verbal utterances referred to in the literature as echolalia and repetitive speech. Echolalia and repetitive speech take two primary forms: frequently repeated indiscriminable nonsensical sounds (e.g., a child sits in a circle activity at school and verbalizes, "oooeeeeoo oooaaoooee"); and non-contextual speech, frequently repeated words and phrases with no apparent relevance to the current environment or activity (e.g., a boy is sitting at his desk doing his math homework. He says, “Push the red button to go!” There was no material in his math homework nor did anyone talk to him about a button or getting ready to go, to make his statement contextual).This study evaluated the usefulness of functional assessment as a method for determining the maintaining contingencies of non-contextual speech of four young children with autism. Functional assessment consists of three parts: interviews with significant others, direct observations of the target behavior(s), and analysis of the target behavior(s). The goal of functional assessment is to determine the maintaining contingencies for a specified target behavior. The maintaining contingencies are then used to develop an intervention to reduce or increase the target behavior. The intervention should thereby serve the same function as original target behavior. maintaining contingencies for non-contextual speech occurred for each participant. The analysis of the maintaining contingencies occurred across alternating five-minute conditions; attention, escape, free play, and alone, with and without activities available. Results of the functional analysis suggested that non-contextual speech for all four children was maintained by positive reinforcement in the form of social attention. For two of the children, the functional analysis data suggested one or more additional maintaining contingencies including escape from demand for one participant and automatic reinforcement for another participant.An intervention, based on the results from of the functional analysis, was developed and implemented with one of the children using differential reinforcement, in the form of social praise paired with token reinforcement. Results of this intervention, suggestions for future research, and implications for using functional analysis in the evaluation and treatment of echolalia and repetitive speech by children with autism are discussed. 2003 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1413457118 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1413457118 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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