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Treatment of Social Behavior in Autism Through the Modification of Pivotal Social Skills

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: We examined acquisition of individual social communicative behaviors and generalization across other social behaviors in 2 children with autism. The results of a multiple baseline design showed that the children's treated social behaviors improved rapidly and that there were generalized changes in untreated social behaviors. These improvements were accompanied by increases in subjective ratings of the overall appropriateness of the children's social interactions. The results suggest the possibility of identifying pivotal response classes of social communicative behavior that may facilitate the understanding of social behavior in autism as well as improve peer interactions, social integration, and social development.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1993.26-369

Authors: Robert L. Koegel, William D. Frea

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Language: English

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Mental Health