Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 2012 · 93 citations · 23 references
EducationEducational PsychologySpecial EducationAutism Spectrum DisordersBehavioral DisordersSocial CognitionInteractional CompetencePeer InteractionSocial CommunicationSocial CompetenceSocial SkillsSocial Skills DevelopmentAutism Spectrum Disorder InterventionClassroom Social Skills InterventionParallel Program DesignSocial Interaction SkillsSocial Skills AcquisitionSocial Skills CurriculumSocial Stories InterventionSocial-emotional Skills
This study compared social stories and the teaching interaction procedure to teach social skills to 6 children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder. Researchers taught 18 social skills with social stories and 18 social skills with the teaching interaction procedure within a parallel treatment design. The teaching interaction procedure resulted in mastery of all 18 skills across the 6 participants. Social stories, in the same amount of teaching sessions, resulted in mastery of 4 of the 18 social skills across the 6 participants. Participants also displayed more generalization of social skills taught with the teaching interaction procedure to known adults and peers.
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