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2. Discrete trial training - Wikipedia

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   Discrete trial training is rooted in the hypothesis of Charles Ferster that autism was caused in part by a person's inability to react appropriately to "social reinforcers", such as praise or criticism. Lovaas's early work concentrated on showing that it was possible to strengthen autistic people's responses to these social reinforcers, but he ...

3. Acceptable behaviour contract - Wikipedia

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   Contract. An ABC is individually drawn up for each person. [3] The contract contains a list of anti-social behaviours as terms, as well as consequences should the terms be breached. [5] Anti-social behavior contracts are typically six months in length, although other lengths of time can be used. [1] Examples of terms: I will not: damage property

4. Ole Ivar Lovaas - Wikipedia

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   Ole Ivar Løvaas (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) [1] [2] was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.He is most well known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis (ABA) to teach autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement.

5. 'I'm horrified': Advocate opposes Rutherford schools' plan ...

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   The fewer than 20 children assigned to the autism spectrum disorder classrooms also have behavior issues, Rutherford County Schools spokesman James Evans said. "We are not moving all students with ...

6. Contingency management - Wikipedia

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   Contingency management (CM) is the application of the three-term contingency (or operant conditioning), which uses stimulus control and consequences to change behavior. CM originally derived from the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA), but it is sometimes implemented from a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) framework as well.

7. Dad says daughter was called 'this': Angry parents protest ...

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   The students attend Dr. James Craik Elementary School and belong to the district's ACHIEVE program, for students with "significant cognitive disabilities" and SOAR program, for students with autism.

8. Autism therapies - Wikipedia

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   In small studies, memantine has been shown to significantly improve language function and social behavior in children with autism. [138] [139] Research is underway on the effects of memantine in adults with ASDs. [140] A person with ASD may respond atypically to medications and the medications can have adverse side effects. [141] [142]

9. Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist - Wikipedia

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   The Autism Treatment Evaluation Scale (ATEC) is a 77-item diagnostic assessment tool that was developed by Bernard Rimland and Stephen Edelson at the Autism Research Institute. The ATEC was originally designed to evaluate the effectiveness of autism treatments, but it may also be beneficial as a screening tool for children.