Promoting Speech Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case-Study

Abstract

The paper describes a series of behavioral interventions carried out by the staff of the interdisciplinary Center of Applied Behavioral Analysis of the Novosibirsk State University and aimed at teaching verbal operants to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The paper analyzes how the children acquire verbal behaviors of mands (demands), echoics (imitations), tacts (naming or labelling) and intraverbals (conversations), as well as provides descriptions of trainings.

Keywords

• applied behavioral analysis
• verbal operants
• mands
• echoics
• tacts