Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Child and Family Studies
Major Professor
Andrew Samaha, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Raymond Miltenberger, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Sarah Bloom, Ph.D.
Keywords
RIRD, neutral sound, suppress, sound assessment, extinction, punishment
Abstract
Response Interruption and Redirection (RIRD) was compared to no-interaction, continuous neutral sound, and contingent neutral sound in order to determine the mechanism by which RIRD functions to suppress vocal stereotypy in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. A neutral sound was determined through the use of a preference assessment of various sounds. Use of a neutral sound did not suppress vocal stereotypy in participants. Manipulating the amount of time with a sound playing did not have an effect on vocal stereotypy either. These results suggest that it is unlikely that RIRD suppresses vocal stereotypy through an extinction-like effect. Rather, it is more likely that RIRD suppresses vocal stereotypy through a punishment-like effect.
Scholar Commons Citation
Peña, Katherine, "A Component Analysis of Response Interruption and Redirection for Vocal Stereotypy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2017). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/7076
