Verbal Behavior Analysis of Teaching Story Recall to Children with Autism: A Replication and Extension.

Daniel E Conine, Lisa A Guerrero, Erica Jones-Thomas, Sarah E Frampton, Timothy R Vollmer, Tina Smith-Bonahue
Author Information
  1. Daniel E Conine: Department of Learning Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA. ORCID
  2. Lisa A Guerrero: Little Leaves Behavioral Services, Weston, FL USA.
  3. Erica Jones-Thomas: Florida Autism Center, Gainesville, FL USA.
  4. Sarah E Frampton: Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE USA.
  5. Timothy R Vollmer: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.
  6. Tina Smith-Bonahue: College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.

Abstract

Children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may struggle with verbal behavior related to recall in various contexts. However, relatively little research has evaluated methods for improving recall among this population, and even fewer from a verbal behavior perspective. One socially important set of skills that relies upon a behavioral repertoire of recall is applied reading skills, such as reading comprehension and story recall. Valentino et al. (2015) designed an intervention package to teach children with ASD to recall short stories and conceptualized the behavior as an intraverbal chain. The present study replicated and extended that study with three school-aged children with ASD using a multiple baseline design across stories. For some participants and some stories, story recall was mastered under less intensive intervention conditions than in the previous study. When it was necessary to implement the full intervention package, the effects largely replicated previous research. Improvements in recall were correlated with increases in correct answers to comprehension questions. These data have important implications for clinicians and educators providing reading and recall interventions to children with ASD. Results also have theoretical implications for verbal behavior accounts of memory and recall, and suggest several possible avenues for future research.
Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40616-023-00183-2.

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