Developing fluency and endurance in a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Citation
C. Mcdowell et M. Keenan, Developing fluency and endurance in a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, J APPL BE A, 34(3), 2001, pp. 345-348
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
ISSN journal
00218855 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
345 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(200123)34:3<345:DFAEIA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We examined the effect of a teaching method on skill fluency and on-task en durance of a 9-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with attention deficit h yperactivity disorder. An academic task that occurred at low fluency during 10-min baseline sessions was taught to fluency. When responding was not ye t fluent, brief reversals to baseline showed that the learner's rate of res ponding decreased and that he did not spend entire sessions on task. Howeve r, once a fluency goal had been reached, responding remained fluent and he remained on task in the third reversal condition.