Improving Social Skills in a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Self-Management Training. Issue 4 (16th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Yadan; Moore, Dennis W.; Anderson, Angelika
• Is Part Of: Behaviour change. Volume 32:Issue 4(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 284
• Publication Date: 2015-09-16
• Subjects: autism spectrum disorder, -- self-management, -- social skills, -- discrimination training; Behavior therapy -- Periodicals; Behavior modification -- Periodicals; 616.8914205
• DOI: 10.1017/bec.2015.14
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0813-4839

Abstract

Abstract : The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a partially parent-implemented self-management intervention incorporating video-modelling for discrimination training on improving social skills in a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The participant was a 9-year-old girl with ASD. A multiple baseline across behaviour design (no interruption, asking for opinions, and appropriately greeting unfamiliar adults) was used to assess the effects of the intervention. Results showed: (a) the intervention was associated with improvements in all target behaviours in the training setting with a strong overall treatment effect; (b) the behavioural gains were generalised to non-training settings and maintained in both fading and follow-up phases; and (c) social validity measured by the Behavior Intervention Rating Scale — Adapted version (pre- and postintervention) was high. The intervention was effective in improving social skills with this participant, with good generalisation and maintenance effects and high social validity.