Response interruption and redirection (RIRD) is a common treatment for automatically reinforced vocal stereotypy; it involves the contingent presentation of task instructions. Tasks that are included in RIRD are typically selected based on caregiver report, which may affect the efficacy of RIRD. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the role of task preference in the efficacy of RIRD for four participants who engaged in vocal stereotypy. We conducted task-preference assessments and selected tasks of varying preferences to include in RIRD. For three out of four participants, the results showed that RIRD with higher preference tasks was not effective at reducing vocal stereotypy, whereas RIRD with lower preference tasks was effective for all participants.

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任务偏好在响应中断和重定向有效性中的作用

反应中断和重定向（RIRD）是自动强化声音刻板印象的常见治疗方法；它涉及任务指示的偶然呈现。 RIRD 中包含的任务通常是根据护理人员的报告进行选择的，这可能会影响 RIRD 的功效。本研究的目的是评估四名进行声音刻板印象的参与者的任务偏好在 RIRD 功效中的作用。我们进行了任务偏好评估并选择了不同偏好的任务以纳入 RIRD。对于四分之三的参与者，结果表明，具有较高偏好任务的 RIRD 不能有效减少声音刻板印象，而具有较低偏好任务的 RIRD 对所有参与者都有效。