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Carr, Edward G.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
Four nonverbal autistic boys (ages 11-16) were successfully taught sign language action-object phrases following an intervention composed of prompting, fading, stimulus rotation, and differential reinforcement. The skill generalized to new situations. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
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Bock, Marjorie A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1994
This study found that categorization strategy training resulted in increased performance on unidimensional, bidimensional, and tridimensional sorting tasks by 4 males (ages 12-16) with autism. Three subjects also showed improvements on generalization probes and maintenance of performance. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Classification, Generalization
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Thorp, Danielle M.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1995
This study assessed effects of teaching sociodramatic play skills to three children (ages five to nine) with autism. Positive changes were observed in play, language, and social skills. These changes generalized across toys and settings, although little generalization to other play partners occurred. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Generalization
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Oke, N. Jennifer; Schreibman, Laura – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
When two nonhandicapped peers of an autistic five-year old were trained to initiate social interaction, social interaction increased and then dramatically decreased in a reversal phase, and no decrease in the autistic child's disruptive behaviors was observed. When the autistic child was trained to initiate interaction, social interaction…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies