Not sure the best place to put this, but since it includes Mark Sundberg's recent research on his intraverbal assessments, I am putting it here in Research. Attached is Mark's ABA presentation powerpoint and the associated intraverbal (earlier learners) and verbal conditional discrimination (more advanced learners) assessments. He is also working on a new "listener response by function feature and class" task analysis and assessment.
--Siri

Early and intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) has been firmly established and disseminated as one of the most
effective treatments for early childhood autism.

Recently, a number of practitioners have employed a variant of this
approach in which the language curriculum is organized and taught according to Skinner’s (1957) analysis of verbal
behavior.

In this commentary, we briefly describe the verbal-behavior approach to EIBI and summarize the existing
data that support its use.

Although the approach is conceptually sound and is supported by a modest literature on the acquisition of verbal operants, no outcome research currently exists to directly support the long-term application of the verbal-behavior approach to children with autism.

As discussed by Dr Vince Carbone at the Thurrock workshop in March 2006.

To be presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.

Click on the attachment link to see the full view of the article and download the file.

As discussed by Dr Vince Carbone at the Thurrock workshop in March 2006.

To be presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.

Click on the attachment link to see the full view of the article and download the file.

As discussed by Dr Vince Carbone at the Thurrock workshop in March 2006.

To be Presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.

Click on the attachment link to see the full view of the article and download the file.

As discussed by Dr Vince Carbone in the Thurrock workshop March 2006.

To appear in the Journal The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Volume 23, 2007

Few studies have made use of B.F. Skinner’s (1957) behavioral analysis of language and precise taxonomy of verbal behavior when describing the controlling variables for the mand relation.

Consequently, the motivating operation (MO) has not typically been identified as an independent variable and the nature of a spontaneous mand has been imprecisely described.

The purpose of this study was to develop procedures to bring the mand response under the control of the relevant MO and therefore free it from the multiple controls that are more easily identified by practitioner’s who rely on Skinner’s analysis and taxonomy.

Recent paper showing the effectiveness of VB in teaching language via mand training to an early learner with autism.

Research comparing the relative usefulness of textual and echoic prompting procedures in teaching a boy with autism intraverbal communication. Both were effective, textual prompting much more so.

Review paper concerning research into the importance of MOs on behaviour in applied settings.

Seminal paper by Michael, Sundberg and Partington on the role of automatic (i.e. self) reinforcement with speech sounds in the acquisition of early language.