Episode 232 - Perseveration

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Behavioralscience, Education, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Social Sciences, Aba, Science, Specialeducation

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

When one of our listeners wrote in to ask about an episode on perseveration, we realized that we’d never directly discussed one of the original markers described in diagnosing Asperger’s syndrome. And boy were we shocked and mildly appalled at what we found! This week, we reflect on exactly what perseverative behavior really is, whether it should be categorized as a problem behavior at all, and if previous treatment research has missed the point.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Horr, J.A.M. & Michael, A.V. (2021). Functional analysis and noncontingent reinforcement with extinction in the treatment of perseverative speech. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 14, 208-213. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00523-x

Rehfeldt, R.A. & Chambers, M.R. (2003). Functional analysis and treatment of verbal perseverations displayed by an adult with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 259-261. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-259

Fisher, W.W., Rodriguez, N.M., Owen, T.M. (2013). Functional analysis and treatment of perseverative speech about restricted topics in an adolescent with asperger syndrom. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 46, 307-311. doi: 10.1002/jaba.19

Kuntz, E.M., Santos, A.V., & Kennedy, C.H. (2020). Functional analysis and intervention of perseverative speech in students with high-functioning autism and related neurodevelopmental disabilities. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53, 2421-2428. doi: 10.1002/jaba.669

Hood, S.A., Gopez, J.M., Fallon, M.J., Byczynski, F.A., Aquino, S.C., & Monroy, S. (2022). The beginning of a friendship: Teaching individuals with autism to identify shared interests. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 55, 1030-1058. doi: 10.1002/jaba.951

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:19.7	I'm your host, Robertry cruz and with me as
0:21.7	always are my fabulous co-hosts hey rob it's dana hey rob hey rob it's jackie mcdonald on the
0:32.8	podcast jackie have you ever listened to the the podcast the flop house nope there a character, and his bit for a very long time is when they do letters.
0:40.3	He would sing a song about the letters they were going to get, and he'd write it like a new song every time.
0:44.7	An improv.
0:45.6	It was an improv song, yes.
0:47.1	Oh, maybe I will not listen to it because I don't have time in my life.
0:50.0	I have too many podcasts on waiting.
0:53.0	I have a list that I go through.
0:54.8	The podcasts are about this topic of waiting?
0:56.7	No.
0:57.1	Or you're waiting to listen to them.
0:58.1	The topics are the girls next level.
1:01.0	What's that?
1:01.7	It's a podcast about the girls that used to live in the Playboy mansion back in...
1:05.8	Oh, you tell me about that.
1:07.3	On Bravo.
1:08.1	That's my number one favorite right now.
1:09.8	Which is hilarious.
1:10.5	I know no one listens,
1:11.3	but if someone does actually listen to that one also, email me because I don't know anyone
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