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- Title
Stimulus-Stimulus-Pairing to Reduce Stereotypies in Three Children with Autism during Movie Watching.
- Authors
Esposito, Marco; Dipierro, Maria Teresa; Mondani, Federica; Iurato, Giulia; Mirizzi, Paolo; Mazza, Monica; Valenti, Marco
- Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders represent a challenge for professionals, who must include in their individualized educational interventions goals for core symptoms (social–communication and stereotypies/restricted interests) and comorbidities. The narrowness of interests and the high frequency of repetitive behaviors in children with autism often constitute an obstacle for learning and the quality of life, and for their caregivers as well. In the scientific literature, behavioral interventions based on both aversive and, less commonly, positive procedures have been implemented to reduce the frequency of stereotypies. The following study was carried out with the intention of replicating a Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing procedure applied by Nuzzolo-Gomez, Leonard, Ortiz, Rivera and Greer (2002) in order to reduce stereotypies in children. This procedure was applied to three children diagnosed with autism aged five, almost six and seven years, in order to reduce stereotypies when children watched movies. An A-B-A experimental design with three subjects was used for this research. The results showed a decrease in stereotypies in favor of appropriate behaviors.
- Subjects
AUTISTIC children; AUTISM in children; AUTISM spectrum disorders; COMMUNICATIVE disorders; SCIENTIFIC literature; CHILD psychology
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 12, p165
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3390/bs11120165