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Peer reviewedCarr, Edward G.; Darcy, Michael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
Four preschool children with autism played "Follow-the-Leader," in which a normal peer demonstrated and physically prompted a variety of actions and object manipulations that defined the activity. Following training, all four subjects generalized their imitative skill to a new setting involving new actions and object manipulations. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Generalization, Imitation, Modeling (Psychology)
