Sundberg and Michael (2011) reviewed the contributions of Skinner's (1957) Verbal
Behavior to the treatment of language delays in children with autism spectrum disorder …

The performance criterion (also known as the mastery criterion) is the operationalized
performance standard that behavior must reach before instruction ceases, changes, or …

Educators use a mastery criterion to evaluate skill acquisition programming for children with
autism and other developmental disabilities; however, to the best of our knowledge, there …

The acquisition of skills by individuals with developmental disabilities typically includes the
attainment of a certain mastery criterion. We conducted a survey of practitioners who …

Abstract The Discrete Trial Training (DTT) approach to early intervention is highly effective
for remediating the social, communication, academic, and self-help difficulties that are …

Tacts facilitate social interaction, and a strong tact repertoire can lead to the development of
other verbal operants. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the development of …

We conducted a meta-analysis of single-subject research studies investigating the
effectiveness of antecedent strategies grounded in behavioral momentum for improving …

Discrete trial training is a popular teaching method for individuals with autism, but it is not
easily implemented with fidelity due to its complexity. This is the first meta-analysis of single …

We replicated and extended the study by Koegel, Dunlap, and Dyer (1980) by examining the
effects of 3 intertrial‐interval (ITI) durations on skill acquisition in 2 children with autism …

We replicated and extended the findings of Haq and Kodak (2015) by evaluating the
efficiency of massed and distributed practice for teaching tacts and textual and intraverbal …