ABSTRACT
The experimental-clinical method is an idiographic approach to each child in which single responses are monitored with some variation of a same-subject design used to assess the effectiveness of numerous concurrent, and consecutive, treatment programs for each child. Behavior modification techniques incorporating a learning theory model were used in designing the treatment procedures. A detailed account of the experimental-clinical method and the resultant data for the specific programs for four of the autistic children described in this review is given in Browning and Stover's text. Behavioral charting was employed to ascertain the effectiveness of the treatment programs. Behavioral charting requires staff to count the responses under treatment for their total frequency during the entire day, which was recorded on hand tally counters and entered in data books at the conclusion of each shift.
