Running head: Advanced behavioral analysis and its successful use in the treatment of autism 1 Advanced behavioral analysis and its successful use in the treatment of autism 2Advance Behavioral Analysis And Its Successful Use In The Treatment Of Autism Darin Bullock Columbia Southern University Advance Behavioral Analysis and its Successful use in the Treatment of Autism Fryling, M. J., Wallace, M. D., & Yassine, J. N. (2012). Impact of Treatment Integrity on Intervention Effectiveness. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis , 449-53. In this article, Fryling et al. proposes that by using Advanced Behavioral Analysis (ABA) in the proper way, the integrity will be maintained and will be more effective. They state “treatment integrity has cogent implications for intervention effectiveness.” They propose that by proper training and understanding of ABA, the integrity can be maintained. Proper use of reinforcements with appropriate behavior showed signs of improvement. They point out that DiGennaro et al. “demonstrated a relation between improved integrity and intervention effectiveness when they compared procedures aimed at improving special educators’ integrity in classrooms.” They proposed that by having effective intervention and integrity, problem behaviors decreased in a classroom setting. Layne, C. M. (2007). Early Identification of Autism: Impications for Counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development , 110-114. Layne discusses screening tools and diagnostic assessments used to identify autism in children around the age of 2. Layne also discusses the impact this diagnosis can have on families as well as counselors. She states autism “impairs language, social interactions, and play skills, as well as cognitive and adaptive functioning.” She proposes that 1 out of 166 children will be diagnosed with autism. She proposes and commends the diligence in early diagnosis stating it is more than likely due to the diligence of parents, clinicians, and teachers. Public awareness has helped as well and the fact that either autism is increasing, or clinicians are more apt to diagnose children with autism rather than another developmental disability. Pulse International. (2012, Aug 14). Early Intervention has considerable impact on reducing symptoms and increasing child's ability to learn new skills. An article by Pulse International quotes Prof. Mohamed Chetouani at a press conference on Monday, 23 July 2012. The article speaks of warning signs of autism characterized by social symptoms, communications deficits, and repetitive behaviors. The child should then be evaluated by specialized professionals so appropriate treatment can be initialized. The articles states, “Early intervention has considerable impact on reducing symptoms and increasing a child’s ability to learn new skills.” It was proposed that there are items in place to diagnose children with autism after the age of two, but “information on autism in the first two years of life i ...

1. Running head: Advanced behavioral analysis and its successful
use in the treatment of autism 1
Advanced behavioral analysis and its successful use in the
treatment of autism 2Advance Behavioral Analysis And Its
Successful Use In The Treatment Of Autism
Darin Bullock
Columbia Southern University
Advance Behavioral Analysis and its Successful use in the
Treatment of Autism
Fryling, M. J., Wallace, M. D., & Yassine, J. N. (2012). Impact
of Treatment Integrity on Intervention Effectiveness. Journal of
Applied Behavior Analysis , 449-53.
In this article, Fryling et al. proposes that by using Advanced
Behavioral Analysis (ABA) in the proper way, the integrity
will be maintained and will be more effective. They state
“treatment integrity has cogent implications for intervention
effectiveness.” They propose that by proper training and
understanding of ABA, the integrity can be maintained. Proper
use of reinforcements with appropriate behavior showed signs
of improvement. They point out that DiGennaro et al.
“demonstrated a relation between improved integrity and
intervention effectiveness when they compared procedures
aimed at improving special educators’ integrity in classrooms.”
They proposed that by having effective intervention and
integrity, problem behaviors decreased in a classroom setting.
Layne, C. M. (2007). Early Identification of Autism:
Impications for Counselors. Journal of Counseling and
Development , 110-114.
Layne discusses screening tools and diagnostic assessments
used to identify autism in children around the age of 2. Layne
also discusses the impact this diagnosis can have on families as
well as counselors. She states autism “impairs language, social
interactions, and play skills, as well as cognitive and adaptive

2. functioning.” She proposes that 1 out of 166 children will be
diagnosed with autism. She proposes and commends the
diligence in early diagnosis stating it is more than likely due to
the diligence of parents, clinicians, and teachers. Public
awareness has helped as well and the fact that either autism is
increasing, or clinicians are more apt to diagnose children with
autism rather than another developmental disability.
Pulse International. (2012, Aug 14). Early Intervention has
considerable impact on reducing symptoms and increasing
child's ability to learn new skills.
An article by Pulse International quotes Prof. Mohamed
Chetouani at a press conference on Monday, 23 July 2012. The
article speaks of warning signs of autism characterized by social
symptoms, communications deficits, and repetitive behaviors.
The child should then be evaluated by specialized professionals
so appropriate treatment can be initialized. The articles states,
“Early intervention has considerable impact on reducing
symptoms and increasing a child’s ability to learn new skills.”
It was proposed that there are items in place to diagnose
children with autism after the age of two, but “information on
autism in the first two years of life is still scarce.” “Thus,
credence should be given to parents’ intuition as they recognize,
long before diagnosis, the pathological process through the
interactive pattern with their child.”
Smith, T., & Eikeseth, S. (2011, Mar). O. Ivar Lovaas: Pioneer
of applied behavior and intervention for children with autism.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders , 375.
T. Smith et al. speaks of O. Ivar Lovaas, a psychiatrist who
“pioneered applied behavioral analytic (ABA) to decrease
severe challenging behaviors and establish communicative
language.” Lovaas researched and found that by teaching
language to children who had communication delays and by
doing so, found that language could help with other behavior
such as social interactions. It was found that this concept helped
children who had been diagnosed with autism. An experiment
was performed with a girl named “Beth”, who had been

3. diagnosed with autism. It was set that Lovaas would work with
Beth 6 hours per day, 5 days a week. It was concluded by doing
so, Lovaas could score these behaviors in real time and could
develop a more thorough system. Positive reinforcement was
necessary for success due to these children being sensitive to
disappointment and consequences. It was challenged by other
that this therapy did not make the children ”normal.” It was
argued that by doing the therapy, children could develop normal
abilities with isolated skills.
Petursdottir, A. I., & Carr, J. E. (2011). A Review of
Recommendations for Sequencing Receptive and Expressive
Language Instruction. Journal of Applied Bavavior Analysis ,
859-76.
Petursdottir et al. argues that early intervention is key to
helping children with autism succeed. It is noted that a
“receptive-before expressive” sequence is key to early ABA
therapies however, “ although a large body of research exists on
teaching receptive and expressive language skills to individuals
who have been diagnosed with autism and other developmental
disabilities, few studies have attempted to compare directly the
receptive-before-expressive sequence with other alternatives.”
Nine studies were performed and found that it was just the
reverse and that expressive appeared to be more efficient. It
was argued that depending on a child’s age, expressive might
work better than receptive. However, the other way may work
depending on the child’s language ability.