Use of a peer model in language training in an echolalic child
Authors:
Sara L. Coleman
Affiliation:
San Antonio Children's Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Community Guidance Center of Bexar County, USA
Abstract:
A 10-yr-old girl, carrying the diagnostic label of childhood autism, was trained to speak at a normal voice volume and acquired a labeling vocabulary, via an imitation learning paradigm which utilized a peer model. Results indicate that the modeling paradigm facilitated both volume training and label acquisition.