Student Research Symposium Program Portal: Submission #152
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Submission Number: 152
Submission ID: 9000
Submission UUID: f1093579-248c-4f0a-a3f0-c43821439861
Submission URI: /student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal
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Created: Fri, 01/16/2026 - 01:21 PM
Completed: Fri, 01/16/2026 - 01:55 PM
Changed: Mon, 02/02/2026 - 01:41 PM
Remote IP address: 146.201.10.23
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
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| Primary Student Contact First Name | Emily |
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| Primary Student Contact Last Name | Parks |
| Pronouns | She/her |
| Primary Student Contact FSU Student Email | ep25g@fsu.edu |
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| Major(s) of all individuals presenting this work | Psychology- Graduate Master's ABA |
| Bio of all individuals presenting this work | My name is Emily Parks and I am a graduate student at FSU's Master's in ABA program. I currently work at FSU's Early Childhood Autism Program (ECAP) as a registered behavior technician. I am from North Carolina and attended undergrad at University of North Carolina Wilmington. I enjoy being outdoors, swimming, reading, and having fun with the kids at work! |
| Poster Title | A Protocol for Early Vocal Manding and Tacting |
| Abstract | The client is a four-year-old female diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and currently receives ABA services at FSU’s Early Childhood Autism Program (ECAP). The client is an energetic girl who loves to play pretend, play with slime, color, and play on the playground. She has previously demonstrated significant progress with manding via pointing and consistently engages in spontaneous points for preferred items or locations. Her current programming targets early learner skills such as motor imitation, early echoic skills, and tacting common items. Throughout sessions at ECAP, clinicians have observed that she variably attempts to repeat words or approximations of words. Therefore, clinicians elected to introduce an Initial Manding and Tacting via Vocals protocol. This program intended to capitalize on her vocal attempts and continue to introduce her to a variety of words to add to her verbal repertoire. The acquisition of vocal manding and tacting may strengthen her communication repertoire by increasing opportunities for and rates of vocal speech sound production over time. Since the implementation of this program the client as shown significant progress with the rate per hour of words emitted and the number of different spontaneous and independent words emitted. |
| Research Mentor Name | Zoe Bowden |
| Research Mentor's College (or High School) | FSU |
| Research Mentor's Department (or Subject) | Graduate- ABA |
| Research Mentor's Email | zcb25a@fsu.edu |
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| Keywords | Applied Behavior Analysis |
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| Work | Complete |
| Presentation Modality | Face to Face Poster session |
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| I will be printing my poster | Yes |
| Year | 2026 |
| Annual description | 5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17, 2025 |
| Update URL | https://pc.fsu.edu/student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal?element_parents=elements/student_photo&ajax_form=1&_wrapper_format=drupal_ajax&token=QC1HuqazMjAjFmVBw3vgUqMPdrc562jTQJjhGvqtSb0 |