PSYC 201, Life Span Development NAME: _________________
Instructor: Jackson
ABC Nightline Video: Measuring Success in Treatment for Autism
(worth 15 points)
Toward the end of the introduction, Ted Koppel labeled this video “Autism: Finding the _______.”
When the original Nightline segment on this issue was filmed, Jake was ____________ and Andrew was
________.
Both boys have benefitted from an approach known as ____________________ _______________
_______________________.
When applied early in the development of the child with Autism, the intensive treatment of ABA can
work minor _________________.
The good news is that ABA can help children with Autism significantly. The bad news is that the
intensive and extensive treatment program is ____________________.
Most insurance plans ______________ cover the cost of ABA programs.
The greatest progress of ABA programs is made among children who are identified in the ____________
stage of development.
Both of these boys have benefitted from the ABA program, but ______________ has come much further.
With Autism, behavioral progress is made in barely perceptible ____________.
JAKE
At 18 months, Jake was doing all of the kinds of things that typically developing children do. But then
Jake stopped talking and ____________________ with his parents.
His mom said, “It was like his circuit breakers, one by one, just ____________________.”
Autism is also described as a “pervasive developmental _____________________.”
The process of giving Jake stickers and other rewards for successive approximations to a desired response
is called ______________________.
The behavior analysts spent about _____ hours per week working with Jake.
Jakes mom described her initial observations of the ABA process as terribly _______________.
Some critics of ABA say that the process is too ________________ and that other treatments work just as
well.
Instructor: Jackson
ABC Nightline Video: Measuring Success in Treatment for Autism
(worth 15 points)
Toward the end of the introduction, Ted Koppel labeled this video “Autism: Finding the _______.”
When the original Nightline segment on this issue was filmed, Jake was ____________ and Andrew was
________.
Both boys have benefitted from an approach known as ____________________ _______________
_______________________.
When applied early in the development of the child with Autism, the intensive treatment of ABA can
work minor _________________.
The good news is that ABA can help children with Autism significantly. The bad news is that the
intensive and extensive treatment program is ____________________.
Most insurance plans ______________ cover the cost of ABA programs.
The greatest progress of ABA programs is made among children who are identified in the ____________
stage of development.
Both of these boys have benefitted from the ABA program, but ______________ has come much further.
With Autism, behavioral progress is made in barely perceptible ____________.
JAKE
At 18 months, Jake was doing all of the kinds of things that typically developing children do. But then
Jake stopped talking and ____________________ with his parents.
His mom said, “It was like his circuit breakers, one by one, just ____________________.”
Autism is also described as a “pervasive developmental _____________________.”
The process of giving Jake stickers and other rewards for successive approximations to a desired response
is called ______________________.
The behavior analysts spent about _____ hours per week working with Jake.
Jakes mom described her initial observations of the ABA process as terribly _______________.
Some critics of ABA say that the process is too ________________ and that other treatments work just as
well.
