The Effects of Response Interruption and Contingent Demands on Reducing Vocal Stereotypy in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: A reversal design was used to examine the effects of a non-vocal and a vocal response interruption and contingent demands (RICD) procedure on the vocal stereotypy of 2 young girls diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.Both participants had high and variable levels of vocal stereotypy during baseline conditions.During each of the nonvocal and vocal conditions, a decrease in vocal stereotypy occurred.However, the vocal RICD condition led to the quickest decrease in percentage of time engaged in vocal stereotypy, total number of times the procedure was implemented, and the total amount of time spent in session.This study contributes to the growing body of research that focused on decreasing vocal stereotypy by demonstrating the effectiveness of the nonvocal RICD procedure.
Author: Leigh Ann Marie Shepherd
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2601079166