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A Comparison of Prompting Strategies to Teach Intraverbals to an Adolescent with Down Syndrome

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Ingvarsson and Hollobaugh (2011) investigated tact- or echoic-to-intraverbal transfer of stimulus control to “wh” questions for three preschool-aged boys with autism. The current study was a systematic replication of this study with an adolescent girl with Down syndrome. A multielement design was used to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of picture or echoic prompts presented on an iPad or in vivo to teach “wh” questions. All prompt conditions were effective. Conclusions and recommendations for practice are presented.

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  1. Office of Applied Behavior Analysis, University of West Florida, 11000 University Pkwy, Pensacola, FL, 32514, USA

    Abigail M. Wallace, D. Reed Bechtel, Sue Heatter & Leasha M. Barry

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All procedures performed in the study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the University of West Florida IRB process and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board® (2016) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts. Informed consent (as stated above) was obtained from the participant’s parents. Assent was obtained from the participant.

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This article is part of a special section on the intraverbal relation in The Analysis of Verbal Behavior.

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Wallace, A.M., Bechtel, D.R., Heatter, S. et al. A Comparison of Prompting Strategies to Teach Intraverbals to an Adolescent with Down Syndrome. Analysis Verbal Behav 32, 225–232 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40616-016-0058-2

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