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PEAK Relational Training System

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Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders

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ABLLS: Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills; IRR: Inter-rater Reliability; PEAK: Promoting the Emergence of Advanced Knowledge; PPVT: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; VABS-II: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II; VB-MAPP: Verbal Behavior Milestones and Placement Program

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The Promoting the Emergence of Advanced Knowledge (PEAK) relational training system is a criterion referenced assessment and curriculum designed to provide a measure of an individual’s language and verbal abilities. The PEAK relational training system is composed of four separate modules: PEAK-Direct Training (PEAK-DT; Dixon 2014a), PEAK-Generalization (PEAK-G; Dixon 2014b), PEAK-Equivalence (PEAK-E; Dixon 2015), and PEAK-Transformation (PEAK-T; Dixon 2016). Each module contains a 184-item assessment designed to identify language skills present within an individual’s repertoire and potential skill deficits the individual is lacking. Scores on the assessment are representative of an...

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  1. Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA

    Mark R. Dixon

  2. Applied Behavior Analysis Program, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA

    Caleb R. Stanley

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  1. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar

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Dixon, M.R., Stanley, C.R. (2020). PEAK Relational Training System. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102280-1

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