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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 155.413 EAN: 9780205458370 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0205458378 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: May 11, 2007 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Help children develop language and verbal functions! "This is definitely a book I will be purchasing for my professional use. I supervise student teachers in home-based programs as well as school programs and this book will be a perfect fit for the program implementation we currently present. Greer and Ross have produced an excellent accumulation of research compilation, assessment and program descriptions for implementation by professionals training and working with autistic children and adults." -Dr. Irfa Karmali, Shelby Residential and Vocational Services "Overall, a very technically accurate book and one well suited to accompany a practicum component in verbal behavior. Very comprehensive and [does] a good job of covering most questions, concerns and issues [for] training others to implement verbal behavior strategies. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it."-Janet Goodman, University of West Georgia Responding to the overwhelming demand for effective language development tools for children with no language and severe language delays related to autism and other disabilities, Douglas Greer and Denise Ross present newly identified methods to assist teachers and parents in their efforts to provide verbal capabilities to children. In their book Verbal Behavior Analysis, Doug and Denise describe how to help children produce novel and spontaneous verbal functions, acquire language incidentally, and become socially verbal. They carefully integrate the latest research, including many new findings, and present readers with a clear outline of the current state of the science of verbal behavior and its application to children with real needs. Behavior analysts, parents, and teachers will find the procedures applicable to all forms of language (signs, pictures, and voice-generating devices) while maintaining a strong emphasis on the vocal production of a child's speech. *Describes how to teach children to be literate listeners, reducing the number of instructional times required to teach basic skills from four to ten times. (Chapter 3).*Presents the necessary procedures to teach children to become observational learners. (Chapter 5 and 7). *Offers practitioners methods for teaching children to acquire novel language and language usage incidentally, allowing children to expand their language without direct instruction. (Chapters 3, 5, and 6). *Demonstrates helping children to move from emergent speakers to readers, and learn to enjoy books in free time, and to read. (Chapter 6). *Introduces a verbal developmental scheme to guide instruction and aid practitioners in determining which children need particular interventions and when they need them, along with alternative tactics and strategies for solving learning problems. (Chapters 2 and 7). Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Effects of applying tactics from "Verbal Behavior Analysis"After reading through "Verbal Behavior Analysis: Inducing and Expanding New Verbal Capabilities in Children with Language Delays" tactics from the readings were utilized to increase verbal behavior in 2 non-verbal boys diagnosed with Autism. Echoic behavior was established, followed by mands (requests) and tacts (labeling) with both boys. Presently, one of these students' has generalized mand behavior to various environments and people. "Verbal Behavior Analysis" has been a key component in providing ... Read More Rating: - Good but maybe technical for an intro to Verbal BehaviorI am the parent of a child with autism who has had ABA and VB programming for some years. If I were a parent unfamiliar or new to applied behavior analysis, I think that this (text)book might be an overwhelming introduction and too technical as a starting point or as a basic "how-to" of verbal behavior. That said, having attended some workshops and read the basic manuals and parent-oriented texts on verbal behavior, I find this a useful next step and reference that adds nuance and sophisticated ... Read More Rating: - Most frequently found in my photocopier!With all respect due to copyright law, Greer & Ross's Verbal Behavior Analysis is the single text that I find most frequently off the shelf and in my overburdened all-in-one printer-fax-scanner-photocopier unit. I have purchased eight copies already, giving them away whenever needed by colleagues and friends. As a field supervisor working with ABA teachers and teacher assistants in the birth-to-kindergarten age range, I have found this text to be indispensable for troubleshooting instruction ... Read More Rating:  - Just read this bookAs the mother of a three year old Autistic son, I have purchased and read alot of books on ABA. When I found a book on VBA I was very excited. As I was reading this book, I became more and more disappointed and frustrated. It is all in technical terms. Even simple things that could of been explained very easily, where put into the most complex formats. The back cover states that it is a book for PARENTS and professionals/teachers, but when you read the preface, it states it is for professionals. I feel the ... Read More Rating: - The basics with Mathematical assessment all in oneI just received this product. Being it is the last week of the school year and I also am outfitting three ADA BATHROOMS for clients, I haven't had time to read it. However, I did flip through it and the Verbal Behavior Analysis appears to be an excellent reference manual as it not only contains quantitative information, but myriads of qualitative assessments of results of behaviors, interventions and results. Not having been a strong fan of statistics (even during my Undergrad Program in Business) ... Read More 
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