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Comparison of Prompting Strategies on Two Types of Tasks With Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Acknowledgments

This research is based on a project submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the master’s degree by the first author. We thank Sigurdur Sigurdsson for his comments on the earlier drafts. We also thank Daniel Clark, James Chastain, Mariana Castillo, and Nabil Mezhoudi for their assistance with the data collection.

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  1. Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Ashley S. Jones

  2. Department of Behavioral Psychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Jennifer R. Zarcone

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Jones, A.S., Zarcone, J.R. Comparison of Prompting Strategies on Two Types of Tasks With Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Behav Analysis Practice 7, 51–60 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-014-0010-7

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