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J Appl Behav Anal. 2001 Fall; 34(3): 345–348.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-345.
PMCID: PMC1284329
Developing fluency and endurance in a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
C McDowell and M Keenan
School of Psychology, Communication, and Education, University of Ulster, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Abstract
We examined the effect of a teaching method on skill fluency and on-task endurance of a 9-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. An academic task that occurred at low fluency during 10-min baseline sessions was taught to fluency. When responding was not yet fluent, brief reversals to baseline showed that the learner's rate of responding decreased and that he did not spend entire sessions on task. However, once a fluency goal had been reached, responding remained fluent and he remained on task in the third reversal condition.
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