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Eldevik, Sigmund; Ondire, Iwona; Hughes, J. Carl; Grindle, Corinna F.; Randell, Tom; Remington, Bob – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Although Discrete-trial Teaching (DTT) is effective in teaching a many skills to children with autism, its proper implementation requires rigorous staff training. This study used an interactive computer simulation program ("DTkid") to teach staff relevant DTT skills. Participants (N = 12) completed two sets of pre-tests either once (n = 7) or…
Descriptors: Autism, Imitation, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
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Ihrig, Kristin; Wolchik, Sharlene A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
The study compared the effectiveness of a peer model and an adult model in teaching an expressive language task to four autistic boys (ages 7-10). Results indicated that all children learned from both models and few consistent differences occurred across the two conditions. Generalization and maintenance was also consistently high in both…
Descriptors: Autism, Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Generalization