Number and controllability of reinforcers as predictors of individual outcome for children with autism receiving early and intensive behavioral intervention: a preliminary study
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N o t i c e: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in research in autism spectrum disorders. changes resulting from the publishing process, such as editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. a definitive version was subsequently published in research in autism spectrum disorders, 6(1), 493-499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.07.009
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Klintwall, L., & Eikeseth, S. (2012). Number and controllability of reinforcers as predictors of individual outcome for children with autism receiving early and intensive behavioral intervention: A preliminary study. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6(1), 493-499. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.07.009Abstract
Although Early and Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) is an effective treatment for
many children with autism, there is a substantial individual difference in outcome. This
study was designed to investigate whether treatment gains were associated with the
number and type of stimuli that function as reinforcers for 21 preschool-aged children
with autism. Children with a large repertoire of socially mediated reinforcers benefited
more from treatment. Children with many stereotypic behaviors, assumed to be an effect
of a larger repertoire of automatic reinforcers, exhibited less benefit from treatment. These
two dimensions taken together explained 49.9% of the variation in treatment gains for
children after one year of EIBI. Due to the retrospective and indirect design of the study,
results are to be interpreted with caution