Journal on Developmental Disabilities
Le journal sur les handicaps du développement

Volume 10, No. 1

Teaching Language to a Two-Year-Old with Autism

Shiri Bartman and Nancy Freeman

Table of Contents

Editors / Review Board / Authors this Issue

Articles / Abstracts

Living and Aging

Auditory Discriminations and the ABLA Test

Hope in Families

Teaching Language and Autism

Community Women's Circle

Maltreatment and Life Stressors in Single Mothers

Depression, Temperament, in Children with Asperger’s Syndrome

Successful Aging of Women with Intellectual Disabilities

Dual Diagnosis Services

Relationship Power Inequities

Service for Children and Youth

Aggression: Symptom of Mood Destabilization

Quality of Life for Children

Integration in Social Activities

Hearing Impairment in Adults with PDD

Parental Stress and Adaptive Functioning

Stimulus Modalities in Choice Presentations

Prenatal Psychological Processes

Evaluation of a Behavioural Therapy Group

Educating About Acquired Brain Injury

Abstract

This research examined the rate of communication acquisition of a two-year old girl with autism using the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) with an emphasis on B. F. Skinner's analysis of language. The primary treatment goal was to teach communication by providing as many manding/requesting opportunities as possible through manipulation and control of the environment. The primary communication system was sign language paired with spoken words. Prior to treatment, this girl had no formal system of communication. The speed with which she acquired spontaneous signs leads us to conclude that a language-training program with an emphasis on manding/requesting can be highly efficient and effective in developing functional communication.

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