Sivaraman Maithri
Tendrils Centre for Autism Research and Intervention, Chennai, India.
Behav Anal Pract. 2017 Apr 5;10(4):337-346. doi: 10.1007/s40617-017-0183-y. eCollection 2017 Dec.
The purpose of the study was to use multiple exemplar training to teach empathetic responding to two children with autism. Three emotions-happiness, frustration and sadness/pain-were chosen for this purpose. Treatment consisted of verbal prompting and reinforcement of empathetic responses. Four experimenter-defined categories with discriminative stimuli were used for each emotion. The multiple exemplar component of the model consisted of teaching responses in the presence of several discriminative stimuli drawn from the predefined categories for each emotion delivered by two persons across two environments. Results were evaluated using a multiple baseline design across behaviours and indicate a systematic increase in responses with the introduction of treatment across each category for both participants. Generalization of responses from training to non-training stimuli in both participants was observed during probe trials and was maintained during follow-up probes.
该研究的目的是使用多范例训练来教导两名自闭症儿童进行共情回应。为此选择了三种情绪——快乐、沮丧和悲伤/痛苦。治疗包括言语提示和对共情回应的强化。针对每种情绪使用了四个由实验者定义的带有辨别性刺激的类别。该模型的多范例部分包括在两种环境中由两人提供的、从为每种情绪预先定义的类别中抽取的几种辨别性刺激的情况下教导回应。使用跨行为的多基线设计对结果进行评估，结果表明，随着对两名参与者的每个类别引入治疗，回应有系统地增加。在探测试验期间观察到两名参与者的回应从训练刺激泛化到非训练刺激，并在后续探测中得以维持。
