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Introductions
Melissa
Ted
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Brief History
Through the millenia
Sechenov, Pavlov, Watson, and others
Black box psychologists
Skinner, and the influence of consequences
Application to thinking, reading, writing,
speaking, etc.
WW-II
Verbal Behavior
Applications to people with psychiatric or
developmental disabilities
Continued conceptual and experimental
work
Application to people with autism
Current State of VB
Assessment
Traditional assessment by an SLP
Standardized tests (e.g., PPVT,
EVT, Brigance, Vineland Adaptive
Behavior Scales, etc.)
Behavioral Language Assessment
ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP
Functional Nomenclature
Mand
Motor
imitation
Tact
Vocal
Echoic
Imitation
Transcriptive
Textual
Intraverbal
LRFFC
Speakers repertoireMatching to
sample
Listeners repertoire
Verbal
Autoclitic
behavior
What is it?
Antecedent
Fire in the
fireplace
Your
behavior
Fire
Ready, aim
Consequence
Yep
???
Fire
Fire on the
stove while
youre
cooking
Fire
Someone
rushes in to
help
What is it?
Antecedent
Your
behavior
FIRE written on
board
Fire
Consequence
????
Smell of smoke
???
I say fire
Its hot, orange,
and burns
Fire
yep
Fire
Fire
Thats the
word
Functional
Formative and summative
Criterion and norm referenced
Assesses verbal repertoires
Those way cool Barriers and
Transitions Assessments, and
that IEP Guide
VB-MAPP
Who can administer it?
VB-MAPP
Who should administer it?
In order to conduct this language
assessment it is essential that
the the tester have a basic
understanding of behavior
analysis, Skinners (1957)
analysis of verbal behavior, and
the components of linguistic
structure
Sundberg (2008), p. 16
VB-MAPP
Section by Section
VB-MAPPS for
Typically Developing Children
Lisa Hale
Mark L. Sundberg
Rikki Roden
Carl T. Sundberg
Cindy A. Sundberg
VB-MAPPs for
Children with Autism
Mark L. Sundberg
Carl T. Sundberg
Shannon Rosenhan
Shannon Montano
Kaisa Weathers
Spontaneity
Reinforcers
Learning in the
natural
environment
Generalization
Quick acquisition
Retention
Transfer skills
Self-care
Safety
VB-MAPP Barriers
Assessment
An Analysis of a Defective Intraverbal Repertoire
Intraverbal relations involve constantly
changing SDs and responses
For example, a tree is always a tree for echoic,
tacting, matching, etc., but discussion about
trees can be comprised of hundreds, if not
thousands, of different intraverbal relations
Furthermore, discussion about trees wont
occur exactly the same way each time
However, this type of defective intraverbal
behavior not uncommon for some high
functioning individuals with autism, and
especially those with Aspergers
Thank You!
For more information on verbal
behavior and links to other
material go to:
www.marksundberg.com