Acquisition and Generalization of Helping Behavior by a Child With Autism : Control and Maintenance of Reinforcement Contingencies in Home and School Settings

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  • 自閉性障害児におけるトークン・エコノミー法による援助行動の獲得と般化 : 家庭や学校場面への連鎖を達成する随伴性の整備
  • ジヘイセイ ショウガイジ ニ オケル トークン エコノミーホウ ニ ヨル エンジョ コウドウ ノ カクトク ト ハンカ カテイ ヤ ガッコウ バメン エ ノ レンサ オ タッセイ スル ズイハンセイ ノ セイビ

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A token economy was used with a 9-year-old boy with autism who, although there were discriminative stimuli for helping behavior in certain settings, did not help in some cases. When reinforcement contingencies were used in the token economy, his helping behavior generalized in his home and school. After the intervention. he helped not only in the room where he had been trained, but also other locations in his home and school. Effectiveness of control by consequences, such as the token economy, for establishing helping behavior in children with autism may be influenced by (a) effectiveness of the reinforcers and (b) specificity of the reinforcement contingencies. However, because these suggestions are based on only one child with autism, more study is needed in the future.

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