Teaching Communication and Functional Life Skills in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) commonly show difficulty in communication and daily functional skills. The use of scripts may help establish these repertoires. Scripts may be visual (e.g., pictures depicting actions), textual (e.g., printed or written sentences depicting actions), or auditory (e.g., recorded or dictated phrases depicting actions).

Background/objectives

The purpose was to assess the efficacy of script fading in establishing the vocal verbal emission of sentences under the control of pictures representing actions from four behavioral sequences (e.g., brushing teeth) in three children with ASD. The effects of the intervention on the emergence of related non-verbal repertoires were evaluated. During intervention, the scripts were textual for one participant

SUBMITTER: Costa JRR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11852024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature