Choosing a response topography for individuals with autism during functional communication training: A critically appraised topic

Abstract

A critically appraised topic (CAT) is one form of rapid review that can be particularly useful for informing practice. The purpose of this CAT was to examine the effects of mand preference on Functional Communication Training outcomes in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and to describe procedures used to assess preference for a mand topography. In addition to the methodology, the authors present and discuss the findings of this CAT. The authors propose an update to this CAT in September 2021.

KEYWORDS:

• autism
• functional communication training
• response topography
• mands

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Alexsa Mora in conducting the literature search for this manuscript.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

¹ It should be noted that Ringdahl et al. (2016) was similar in quality and level of evidence to the three selected articles, however was excluded since the more recent study by Ringdahl et al. (2018) extended these findings and further evaluated the persistence of the mand topography selected for FCT in the context of extinction (See Appendix B for detailed quality evaluations).