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- Title
Teaching Basketball Shooting Skills to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Authors
Thomas, Benjamin R.; Gumaer, Caitlyn; Charlop, Marjorie H.
- Abstract
There are few published procedures for teaching athletic skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study used a multiple baseline across participants design to evaluate the effects of prompting, demand fading, and differential reinforcement, on the basketball shooting skills of four school-aged boys diagnosed with ASD. During baseline, all four boys rarely made correct and accurate baskets at the regulation height and distance for their age-group in youth basketball. Following intervention, all four boys increased their percentage of correct shots and accuracy, compared to baseline, and their shooting skills transferred to the game of "P-I-G" with peers.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of children with disabilities; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; BASKETBALL; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); MATHEMATICAL variables; INTER-observer reliability; AUTISM in children; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MOTOR ability
- Publication
Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities, 2022, Vol 34, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
1056-263X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10882-021-09792-y