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A Staff-Training Program to Increase Spontaneous Vocal Requests in Children With Autism

Kathleen Dyer & Rebecca Karp

Behavior Analysis in Practice 6, 42–60 (2013)

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Abstract

This study evaluated a staff-training and feedback

program to increase (a) staff use of naturalistic

language training techniques, and (b) child

production of spontaneous vocal requests in a school

setting for young children with autism. Training was

conducted in integrated preschool centers and in an

art group. The results revealed that the training and

feedback procedure was successful in increasing staff

use of naturalistic language training techniques.

Further, these increased strategies were associated

with corresponding increases in spontaneous vocal

requests for all children during embedded training

and ongoing feedback conditions. In addition, probes

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collected by an unobtrusive observer revealed

durability of child requesting when staff feedback was

discontinued. Social validity measures from front-

line staff regarding the intervention revealed positive

ratings. The results are discussed in relation to the

continued search for effective service-delivery

systems to improve communication for children with

autism in the public school setting.

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Author information

Rebecca Karp

Present address: Newington Public Schools,

Connecticut, Newington, USA

Authors and Affiliations

The River Street Autism Program at

Coltsville, 34 Sequassen Street, Hartford, CT,

06106, USA

Kathleen Dyer

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Department of Communication Sciences,

University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

Rebecca Karp

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kathleen Dyer.

Additional information

The authors would like to thank Tracy Eissa, Arlene

Kaye, Denise Emma, and Susan Bonitsky for their

invaluable support to this project. We would also like

to thank the teachers of the students, Jennifer

Crescenzi, Catherine Klebart, and Donna Costello for

their cooperation in all phases of this project. Special

thanks are extended to Tom Parvenski for his

administrative support and careful editorial

feedback.

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Dyer, K., Karp, R. A Staff-Training Program to Increase

Spontaneous Vocal Requests in Children With Autism. Behav

Analysis Practice 6, 42–60 (2013).

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