Abstract The impact of Verbal Behavior (Skinner, 1957) on behavior analytic research,
although not immediate, has steadily increased. Empirical investigations of verbal operants …

Generalization and maintenance is a key tenet to our work as behavioral practitioners. This
is highlighted in our work with children with autism spectrum disorders who require …

Equivalence classes are typically established by teaching arbitrary conditional
discriminations with discrete single stimuli as samples and comparisons. The current study …

Names: Martin, Andrew J., 1966-editor.| Sperling, Rayne A., editor.| Newton, Kristie Jones,
1973-editor. Title: Handbook of educational psychology and students with special …

Grow and LeBlanc (2013) described practice recommendations for conducting conditional
discrimination training with children with autism. One recommendation involved using a …

An important communication skill for children with autism is answering multiple questions
about visual stimuli (eg,“What is it?”“What color is it?”). We targeted answering “What …

Stimulus overselectivity describes strong control by one stimulus element at the expense of
other equally relevant elements. Research suggests that control by underselected stimuli …

A differential observing response (DOR) is a behavioral requirement that verifies the
discrimination of stimulus features that differ across relevant stimuli (Farber et al., 2017). The …

Two studies were conducted to explore the effects of differential observing responses
(DORs) on vocal tact acquisition in preschool‐age children of typical development. In Study …

Educators and parents are encouraged to arrange language‐rich environments, which
provide children with exposure to language that is diverse in form and function and with …