Training Social Initiations to a High-functioning Autistic Child: Assessment of Collateral Behavior Change and Generalization in a Case Study

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Journal J Autism Dev Disord

Publisher Springer

Date 1990 Dec 1

PMID 2279969

Citations 23

Authors

N J Oke

L Schreibman

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Abstract

The present case study used a multiple treatment design to assess the effects of two interventions--peer social initiations and target child initiations--on the social and disruptive behavior of a high-functioning autistic child. Intervention included initiation training and videotaped feedback highlighting successful and unsuccessful initiations. During Interventions 1 and 2, nonhandicapped peers were trained to initiate social interaction with the autistic child, resulting in an increase in social interaction which dramatically decreased in a reversal phase. Social interaction quickly increased again in Intervention 3 when the autistic child was trained to initiate interaction using the same procedures. During Interventions 1 and 2 no decrease in the autistic child's disruptive behaviors was observed; however during Intervention 3 these behaviors decreased to a low rate. Social validation, generalization, and maintenance of these behavior changes are discussed.

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