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    Using the Teacher IRAP (T-IRAP) interactive computerized programme to teach complex flexible relational responding with children with diagnosed autism spectrum disorder


    Murphy, Carol, Lyons, Keith, Kelly, Michelle E., Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne and Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2019) Using the Teacher IRAP (T-IRAP) interactive computerized programme to teach complex flexible relational responding with children with diagnosed autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12. pp. 52-65. ISSN 1998-1929

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    Abstract

    The research used an alternating-treatments design to compare relational responding for five children with diagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in two teaching conditions. Both conditions used applied behavior analysis; one was usual tabletop teaching (TT), and one was an interactive computerized teaching program, the Teacher–Implicit Relational Assessment Programme (T-IRAP; Kilroe, Murphy, Barnes-Holmes, & Barnes-Holmes, Behavioral Development Bulletin, 19(2), 60–80, 2014). Relational skills targeted were coordination (same/different), with nonarbitrary and arbitrary stimuli. Participants’ relational learning outcomes were compared in terms of speed of responding and accuracy (percentage correct) in T-IRAP and TT conditions. Results showed significantly increased speed for all five participants during T-IRAP teaching across all procedures; however, accuracy was only marginally increased during T-IRAP. Pre- and posttraining comparison of participant scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (Dunn & Dunn, 2007), and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990) was conducted. An improvement in raw scores on both measures was evident for one participant who learned complex arbitrary relations; no changes were shown for participants who learned only basic nonarbitrary relations.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: flexibility; relational responding; relational frame theory; verbal behavior; T-IRAP;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 13918
    Identification Number: 10.1007/s40617-018-00302-9
    Depositing User: Dr. Carol Murphy
    Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2021 14:31
    Journal or Publication Title: Behavior Analysis in Practice
    Publisher: Springer
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/13918
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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