Barbera, M. L. (2007). The verbal behavior approach: How to teach children with autism and related disorders. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84310-852-8

Sundberg, M. L. (2014). Verbal behavior milestones assessment and placement program (2^nd ed.). AVB Press. ISBN 978-0-9818356-6-2

Sundberg, M. L. (2008) Verbal behavior milestones assessment and placement program: Protocol. AVB Press. ISBN 978-0-9818356-0-0

3 hours. This course introduces students to a behavior analytic approach to the behavior of speakers and listeners. Students first learn the 7 types of elementary verbal operants identified by B. F. Skinner and to recognize examples of the concepts as they can be seen in everyday life. Structural and developmental issues, as well as implications for language training and remediation are integrated throughout. Prerequisite: BH321

• Identify and define the developmental milestones in verbal behavior.
• Define and provide examples of echoics.
• Define and provide examples of mands.
• Define and provide examples of tacts.
• Define and provide examples of intraverbals.
• Define and provide examples of autoclitics.
• Define and provide examples of textual responding.
• Identify and define basic teaching operations for early speaker functions.
• Define and provide examples to record and graph verbal behavior.