Case study: Intensive behavioural intervention with a 7-year-old girl with autism

Autism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-197

  Lynch, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioural therapy; Language; Lovaas; Option method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037906644     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361398022006     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. BAER, D.M. & SHERMAN, J. (1964) 'Reinforcement Control of Generalized Imitation in Young Children', Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 1: 37-49.
2. BANDURA, A. (1969) Principles of Behaviour Modification. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
3. BIRNBRAUER, J.S. & LEACH, D.J. (1993) 'The Murdoch Early Intervention Program after Two Years', Behaviour Change 10(2): 63-74.
4. FERSTER, C.B. (1961) 'Positive Reinforcement and Behavioral Deficits of Autistic Children', Child Development 32: 437-56.
5. FERSTER, C.B. & DEMEYER, M. (1962) 'A Method for Experimental Analysis of the Behavior of Autistic Children', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 32: 89-98.
6. HEWETT, F.M. (1965) 'Teaching Speech to an Autistic Child through Operant Conditioning', American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 35: 927-36.
7. HOBSON, R.P. (1993) Autism and the Development of Mind. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. JORDAN, R. (1990) The Option Approach to Autism. Observer project report, available from The National Autistic Society.
9. JORDAN, R. (1991) 'Two Conflicting Therapies? The Option Method and Behaviourism as Treatments for the Fundamental Difficulties of Autism', in Therapeutic Approaches to Autism: Research and Practice, pp. 88-105. Collected papers from the conference organized by the Autism Research Unit, and supported by The National Autistic Society and The University of Sunderland.
10. JORDAN, R. & POWELL, S. (1995) Understanding and Teaching Children with Autism. Chichester: Wiley.
11. KAUFMAN, B.N. (1976) Son Rise. New York: Warner.
12. KAUFMAN, B.N. (1991) Happiness is a Choice. New York: Ballantine.
13. LOVAAS, O.I. (1987) 'Behavioural Treatment and Normal Educational and Intellectual Functioning in Young Autistic Children', Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 55: 3-9
14. LOVAAS, O.I. & NEWSOM, E. (1976) 'Behavior Modification with Psychotic Children', in HAROLD LEITENBERB (ed.) Handbook of Behavior Modification and Behavior Therapy, pp. 303-60. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
15. LOVAAS, O.I., BERBERICH, J.P., PERLOFF, B.F. & SCHAEFFER, B. (1966) 'Acquisition of Imitative Speech by Schizophrenic Children', Science 151: 705-7.
16. LOVAAS, O.I., ACKERMAN, A.B., ALEXANDER, D., FIRESTONE, P., PERKINS, J. & YOUNG, D. (1980) Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book. Austin, TX: Pro-ed.
17. LOVAAS, O.I., SMITH, T. & MCEACHIN, J.J. (1989), 'Clarifying Comments on the Young Autism Study: Reply to Schopler, Short, and Mesibov', Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 57(1): 165-7.
18. MCEACHIN, J.J. & LEAF, R. (1995) 'Adapting the Intensive Behavioral Model to Older Children and Adolescents', paper presented to the annual meeting of the Autism Society of America, Greensboro, NC, 12-15 July.
19. MCEACHIN, J.J., SMITH, T. & LOVAAS, I.O. (1993) 'Long-Term Outcome for Children with Autism Who Received Early Intensive Behavioral Treatment', American Journal on Mental Retardation 97(4): 359-72.
20. MAURICE, C. (1991) Let Me Hear Your Voice. New York: Knopf.
21. MAURICE, C. (1996) Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism. Austin, TX: Pro-ed.
22. RIMLAND, B. (1994) 'Intensive Early Behavioral Intervention: A Letter of Support', Autism Research Review International 8:3.
23. SCHOPLER, E. (1986) 'A New Approach to Autism', Social Science 71: 183-5.
24. SCHOPLER, E., SHORT, A. & MESIBOV, G. (1989) 'Relation of Behavioral Treatment to "Normal Functioning": Comment on Lovaas', Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 57: 162-4.
25. SPARROW, S.S., BALLA, D.A. & CICCHETTI, D .V. (1984) Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Interview Edition, Survey Form Manual. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
26. STAATS, A.W. & STAATS, C.K. (1963) Complex Human Behavior. London: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.