Grindle, C. F., & Remington, B. (2002).
Discrete-trial training for autistic children when reward is delayed: A comparison of conditioned cue value and response marking.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
35, 187-190.
Three children with autism were taught to identify pictures of
objects. Their speed of acquisition of receptive speech skills
was compared across two conditions. In the cue-value condition, a
compound audiovisual stimulus was presented after correct
responses and again when a primary reinforcer was delivered after
a 5-s delay; in the response-marking condition, a second stimulus
was presented after both correct and incorrect responses, but not
prior to the primary reinforcer. In both conditions primary
reinforcement was delayed for 5 s. Although the children learned
receptive speech skills in both conditions, acquisition was
faster in the cue-value condition.
DESCRIPTORS: _conditioned reinforcement, cue value, response
marking, discrete-trial training, children with autism