Establishing functional speech in echolalic children

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Abstract

This paper is a summary of research by the authors in the development of speech in echolalic children. The procedures are based on operant behavior-modification techniques such as: (1) shaping and imitation training for the development of speech ; (2) fading in of new stimuli and fading out of verbal prompts to transfer the speech from imitative control to control by appropriate stimulus conditions; and (3) extinction and time-out from reinforcement for the reduction of inappropriate behavior in conjunction with the differential reinforcement of appropriate responses which are incompatible with the inappropriate behavior.

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This work was partially supported by PHS grant HD00870-04 and OEO contract KAN CAP 670694/1 to the Bureau of Child Research, University of Kansas.

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