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Teaching Relational Flexibility to Improve Core
  Cognitive Skills in Children with Diagnosed
                      Autism




           Carol Murphy, Ph.D., BCBA-D
           Department of Psychology
     National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Relational Flexibility
   Flexibility is thought to be key in intelligent cognitive
    behaviour

   Children with autism tend toward ‘rigid’ responding
    and may not generalise learning in different contexts

   ABA teaching programmes effective but could be
    enhanced by incorporating relational flexibility
T-IRAP
     Interactive computerised teaching programme
     RFT-based (see Prof. Dermot Barnes-Holmes NUI Departmental webpages
                               and www.cbsi.ie)



   Interactive teaching tool for relational responding with children with autism

   Greater speed and accuracy (Same/Different; More/Less; Opposition etc.)

   Visit from Dr Paul Strand, Washington State University

   New T-IRAP research commenced to specifically target relational flexibility and
    test for correlated increase in IQ scores (Lyons, Murphy, Barnes-Holmes &
    Barnes-Holmes, NUI Maynooth)

   (see also NUI Departmental website Dr Bryan Roche’s teaching programme to
    raise IQ levels)

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Teaching Relational Flexibility to Improve Core Cognitive Skills in Children with Diagnosed Autism

  • 1. Teaching Relational Flexibility to Improve Core Cognitive Skills in Children with Diagnosed Autism Carol Murphy, Ph.D., BCBA-D Department of Psychology National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  • 2. Relational Flexibility  Flexibility is thought to be key in intelligent cognitive behaviour  Children with autism tend toward ‘rigid’ responding and may not generalise learning in different contexts  ABA teaching programmes effective but could be enhanced by incorporating relational flexibility
  • 3. T-IRAP Interactive computerised teaching programme RFT-based (see Prof. Dermot Barnes-Holmes NUI Departmental webpages and www.cbsi.ie)  Interactive teaching tool for relational responding with children with autism  Greater speed and accuracy (Same/Different; More/Less; Opposition etc.)  Visit from Dr Paul Strand, Washington State University  New T-IRAP research commenced to specifically target relational flexibility and test for correlated increase in IQ scores (Lyons, Murphy, Barnes-Holmes & Barnes-Holmes, NUI Maynooth)  (see also NUI Departmental website Dr Bryan Roche’s teaching programme to raise IQ levels)