Teaching a young child with autism to request assistance conditionally: a preliminary study
| Autor: | Elizabeth Alden-Anderson, Tom Haley, Joe Reichle, Patricia L. Dropik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Linguistics and Language Language Disorders Young child Language delay Teaching method Teaching Helping behavior Speech Therapy medicine.disease Helping Behavior Help-seeking Speech Disorders Developmental psychology Speech and Hearing Nonverbal communication Otorhinolaryngology Intervention (counseling) Child Preschool Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Autism Humans Autistic Disorder Psychology |
| Zdroj: | American journal of speech-language pathology. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 1058-0360 |
| Popis: | Purpose Investigators taught a 5-year-old boy with autistic disorder and severe language delay to conditionally use requests for assistance. Method A within-participant multiple-probe design across 3 functional tasks was implemented in order to evaluate the child’s acquisition and conditional use of requests for assistance during intervention with each task. Results Results indicated initial acquisition of requests for assistance followed by a brief period of overgeneralization. As independence in completing a task increased, requests for assistance correspondingly decreased. The participant’s conditional use of requests for assistance and independent task completion were sustained across time. Conclusion This study highlights the need to assess conditional use of newly taught communicative behavior. |
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