A preliminary analysis of teaching children with autism spectrum disorder self-protection skills for bullying situations.

ABSTRACT: Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder are at high risk of being bullied, but research on teaching children with autism self-protection skills for bullying situations is scant. We taught five children self-protection skills for two types of bullying (threats and unkind remarks) and consecutive bullying occurrences. We first evaluated behavioral skills training and a textual prompt to teach children to report threats of physical or material harm, provide a disapproving statement after a first unkind remark, and occupy themselves with an activity away from a bully after a second unkind remark. Additional tactics were necessary to aid in the discrimination of bullying situations for two children. There were increases in the self-protection skills with all children. Results further s

SUBMITTER: Fallon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12034514 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature