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- Title
Increasing peer-to-peer social skills through direct instruction of two elementary school girls with autism.
- Authors
Banda, Devender R.; Hart, Stephanie L.
- Abstract
This study was conducted to increase peer-to-peer social skills using direct instruction of two elementary students diagnosed with autism. Two participants and a peer were trained to initiate, share and respond to each other and to the peer. A multiple-baseline design across participants was used to determine the effects of the direct instruction strategy. Results indicated increased social initiations in both participants and sharing behaviours in one of the participants, but no increases in responses in both participants. Implications for practitioners and for future researchers are discussed.
- Subjects
AUTISM in children; SOCIAL skills in children; EDUCATION of autistic children; GIRLS; SCHOOL children; CHILD psychology
- Publication
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2010, Vol 10, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
1471-3802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-3802.2010.01149.x