Behavior interventions have been found to be the most effective treatments for behaviors associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Children diagnosed with ASD tend to experience barriers in terms of communication, thus communicating wants and needs during treatment may be difficult. As a result, clinicians have used preference assessments to identify potentially reinforcing stimuli to use during behavior interventions to increase the likelihood of desired behaviors occurring again in the future. Previous research on preference assessments has looked at evaluating brief preference assessments and stability of responding across time and assessments. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the extent to which responding is stable across rounds within a single MSWO for children aged 3-5 with a diagnosis of ASD. Results showed that overall; stability in responding across rounds of a single MSWO varied across participants regardless the type of stimuli used during the assessment (all edible or all tangible stimuli).Keywords: autism, preference assessments, stability
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