Older children with autism (9 years old) can be taught to speak spontaneously using Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). This study was designed to improve ABA so that it is most effective at teaching children with autism to speak spontaneously. The study included six children who were mostly nonverbal. The therapists used ABA to teach the children to state what another child was doing. Some of the children needed to be asked by the therapist to state the action, whereas others learned to state the action spontaneously. Unfortunately, the study was limited to two actions: playing ball, and sleeping.
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