Increasing Behavioral Variability and Social Skill Accuracy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2018
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Although social skills training for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often addresses deficits in social communication, restricted and repetitive social behaviors are less frequently targeted in the literature. The present study evaluated a manualized social skills training program, modified to incorporate lag schedules of reinforcement, to promote appropriate and variable responding in three children in a school setting. Participants attended social skills once weekly, with probes of social skills taking place daily. A multiple baseline design across target skills was used to determine intervention efficacy. Results of the study indicated that the social skills curriculum incorporating lag schedules of reinforcement resulted in substantial increases in the number of appropriate and variable responses demonstrated by participants during each probe session, as well as the number of appropriate and variable responses demonstrated overall.
Publication Title
Journal of Behavioral Education
Volume
27
Issue
3
First Page
395
Last Page
418
Recommended Citation
Radley, K. C.,
Battaglia, A. A.,
Dadakhodjaeva, K.,
Ford, W.,
Robbins, K.
(2018). Increasing Behavioral Variability and Social Skill Accuracy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Behavioral Education, 27(3), 395-418.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15534
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