Behavioral treatments in autismSchemaI. IntroductionA. Childhood autismB. Operant learning theoryC. Behavioral techniques II. Target BehaviorsA. Aberrant BehaviorsB. Social Skills C. LanguageIII. Behavioral techniquesA. Averse stimuli B. Non-contingent access to the preferred stimulusC. Collateral changesD. Self-managementE. Incidental teachingIV. ConclusionA. EvaluationB. EnvironmentC. GeneralizationBehavioral Treatments in Autism Over the years since Kanner first described childhood autism, much research has accumulated on the different methods of treating people diagnosed with autism and the various deficits and excesses they possess. In the early 1960s, the learning theory approach to treatment gained prominence, and researchers used the principles of operant learning theory to develop new behavioral treatment techniques. Behavioral excesses and deficits were seen as operating in and controlled by environmental consequences and therefore modifying those consequences could change behavioral excesses and deficits. As the 1970s arrived there was an increase in the amount of research on behavioral treatment of autism with a more targeted approach to target behaviors and an increase in sophisticated behavioral techniques (Matson, Benavidez, Compton, Paclawskyj & Baglio, 1996) . This has been an area of ​​intense research and many children have benefited from the developments. However, each method has its limitations and is not always significantly effective. Autism is said to be uncritical thinking dominated by fantasies that have little or no relation to reality; the gratification of wishes and desires in the imagination (Goldenson, 1970). Behavioral approaches to treatment... half of article... New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.Howlin, Patricia, (1998). Practitioner review: Psychological and educational treatments for autism. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 39, 307-322. Koegel, L. K., Koegel, R. L., Hurley, C., & Frea, W. D. (1992). Improving social skills and disruptive behavior in children with autism through self-management. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,25, 341-354.Koegel, Robert L., & Frea, William D. (1993). Treatment of social behavior in autism through modification of fundamental social skills. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 26, 369-377. Matson, Johnny L., Benavidez, Debra A., Compton, Lesley Stabinsky, Paclawskyj, Theodosia, & Baglio, Chris (1996). Behavioral treatment of autistic people: a review of research from 1980 to the present. Research on developmental disabilities, 17, 433-465.