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Stephanie L. Mattson; Thomas S. Higbee; Vincent E. Campbell; Nicholas A. Lindgren; Jessica A. Osos; Beverly Nichols – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder often demonstrate difficulty communicating with others, and this may affect the extent to which they can engage in contextually appropriate language during play. This study examined the effects of a social script-training intervention using generic picture cues on the number of contextually appropriate play…
Descriptors: Play, Pictorial Stimuli, Generalization, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Akers, Jessica S.; Higbee, Thomas S.; Gerencser, Kristina R.; Pellegrino, Azure J. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have deficits in social skills and may avoid engaging in play activities with typically developing peers. The purpose of this study was to identify the utility of activity schedules, with embedded scripts, to teach three children with ASD to play a complex social game. Specifically, children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Scripts, Social Development
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Wichnick-Gillis, Alison M.; Vener, Susan M.; Poulson, Claire L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
We used a script-fading package to teach children with autism to initiate social interactions across various activities in the school setting, and we programmed for generalization in the untrained home setting with a sibling. The three participants, ages 8 to 10 years, demonstrated deficits in social initiations with their peers. During baseline,…
Descriptors: Autism, Teaching Methods, Scripts, Interpersonal Competence
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Brodhead, Matthew T.; Higbee, Thomas S.; Gerencser, Kristina R.; Akers, Jessica S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
We investigated the effects of a script-fading and discrimination-training procedure on mand variability in preschoolers with autism. Participants were taught to vary their vocal mands in the presence of written scripts, a green placemat, and a lag schedule of reinforcement. They were also taught to engage in repetitive mands in the presence of…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement