Remediating overselectivity in a compound matching-to-sample task with individuals with autism

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2018

First Committee Member

Dickson, Chata A.

Second Committee Member

Karsten, Amanda

Third Committee Member

Dube, William V.

Abstract

"A sorting-to-matching procedure was used to remediate overselectivity in two male students diagnosed with autism who attended a residential special-education school. The procedure was adapted from Farber, Dube, & Dickson (2016) who taught generalized compound (two-form) identity matching with computer-presented stimuli. The current study was completed entirely in a tabletop format, and utilized probe sessions following each mastered step of the procedure to determine whether some steps weren’t necessary for these participants. Accuracy on compound-matching probes initially was low for both of the participants, but was at mastery level following exposure to the sorting-to-matching training procedure. This study demonstrates one way to teach compound identity matching in a classroom setting and supports the use of frequent probes of the terminal performance to minimize the effort required to master the target skill."

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