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About PaTTAN. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.pattan.net/

Best Practices in Autism Treatment. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.pattan.net/videos/best-practices-in-autism-treatment/

Verbal Behavior Therapy. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.autismspeaks.org/verbal-behavior-therapy

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VB starts by teaching mands – most basic type of language.  Once the student makes a request, the teacher or therapist repeats the words and presents the object or item that that was requested.  The teacher repeats the word again to reinforce the meaning being the word. (Note: The student does not have to say the actual word for that person to receive the desired object or item).  The first attempt at requesting can be anywhere from pointing, saying sounds, or signing (it does not have to be the correct sign either).  The student learns to communicate by positive results.  Shaping then occurs to say or sign the actual word.

VB is typically taught by 80 easy and 20 hard along with a ratio of reinforcement (sporadic reinforcement).  This reduces the student to feel less frustrated and increase motivation.

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The following may be trained in verbal behavior:

Psychologist

Behavior specialist (BCBA)

Special education teacher

Speech and language pathologist

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Best Autism Practices

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PaTTAN - Best Practices in Autism Treatment

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Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is acknowledged as a best practice approach to providing educational and clinical services to children with autism spectrum disorders; however, ABA consists of individually tailoring interventions to meet the educational and clinical goals of each child and diagnosis is not particularly pertinent.

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Using immediate and frequent prompts to confirm that students choose the correct response.  This process eliminates a student to make an error.  Over time, students need less prompts.  The goal is for students to completely eliminate all prompts while providing the correct response.

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Verbal Behavior allows people with autism to connect meaning and purpose behind words.  People use VB to focus on getting a desired object, making requests, or communication ideas.

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Verbal Behavior (VB) therapy teaching students communication and language.  Verbal Behavior is based off of a principal called Applied Behavior Analysis along with theories of behaviorist of B.F. Skinner.

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Mand: Asking for something you are motivated for (student gets reinforced with what they asked for)

Tact: Student) labels something they see, hear, smell, taste, or feel and gets non-specific reinforcement (such as praise or other reinforcer

LR (Respective): Following directions and or receptive identification (discrimination).  Reinforcement is non -specific.

Echoics: Repeating (vocally) what someone else says.  Reinforcement is non-specific

Motor Imitation (Mimetic): Copying someone else’s motor movement. Reinforcement is non-specific

Intraverbal: Saying, signing, writing something related to what someone else said or answering questions (fill-in responses, word associations, conversation).  Reinforcement is non-specific

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Each operant has a different function