board recommends reprinting classic cuticles (Le., those that have withstood the test of time or have had significant impact for a period of time), as well as previously published works that appear to have particular merit There is no question that the two articles reprinted in this issue qualify as n classic. n Hie Lovaas et al article is seminal in that it was the beginning point for operant-oriented speech and language training with children with autism. (Readers will note the advances in behavioral technology that have occurred since the original publication of this article.) In an equally significant manner, the Hermelin and Frith article has affected practices related to individuals with autism by linking perceptual and memory deficits of these individuals with an overall cognitive deficit. Their paper also served as a catalyst for cognition-oriented research, which literally changed the manner in which individuals with autism were perceived and treated -RS
Two mute schizophrenic children were taught imitative speech within an operant conditioning framework. The training procedure consisted of a series of increasingly fine verbal discriminations; the children were rewarded for closer and closer reproductions of the attending adults' speech. We found that reward delivered contingent upon imitation was necessary for development of imitation. Furthermore, the newly established imitation was shown to have acquired rewarding properties for the children.
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