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...... Discreet Trial Training
The creators of this program believed that language was the pivotal behavior (Cautilli et al 2002). The program, thus, focused on increasing expressing, receptive, conversation and complex language skills. All other skills would follow, such as toy play, peer play and socialization. The training was enhanced with haloperidol. An experiment used 3 groups of children for the training. Those in the active treatment were reinforced to be less aggressive, more pliable and more socially responsive. Findings showed that treatment worked better with the use of common home objects and if they remained after treatment ended. The childrens average IQs were 83. Early use of this program could help save States $2,460,402 by the time the child reaches 55 (Cautilli et al)
Functional Analysis and Language
Behavioral therapists divide behavioral excesses of autistic people into four functions, namely escape, attention, tangle and sensory automatic reinforcement (Cautilli et al 2002). Behavior is generally considered communicative. A replacement verbal skill can be reinforced for an inappropriate one. Functional language training, when combined the inappropriate skill is replaced, leads to disruptive and inappropriate behavior (Cautilli et al)......

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