Identifying community-based reinforcers of adults with autism and related disabilities / by Daniel A. Almeida.
A forced-choice preference assessment using pictures and no access was used to determine preferences for community-based activities with four young adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. High and low preference activities were then provided as consequences for completion if tasks in a con...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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2012.
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| Summary: | A forced-choice preference assessment using pictures and no access was used to determine preferences for community-based activities with four young adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. High and low preference activities were then provided as consequences for completion if tasks in a concurrent operants paradigm. Participants responded to the contingency associated with earning the high preference activity suggesting that a pictorial assessment without access is a valid method for identifying community-based activities that will function as reinforcers. |
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| Physical Description: | 43 leaves ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-31). |