TEACHING TEENAGERS WITH AUTISM TO SEEK ASSISTANCE WHEN LOST

Three teenagers with autism were taught to respond to a vibrating pager to seek assistance in community settings when physically separated from their parents or teachers. A multiple baseline probe design across participants demonstrated that, upon being paged, participants successfully handed a comm...

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Published in:Journal of applied behavior analysis 2004, Vol.37 (1), p.79-82
Main Authors: Taylor, Bridget A., Hughes, Carrie E., Richard, Erin, Hoch, Hannah, Coello, Andrea Rodriquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Autism
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Behavior modification
Biological and medical sciences
Child clinical studies
Developmental disorders
Electronic Equipment
Female
Generalization
Generalization (Psychology)
getting lost
Help Seeking
Helping Behavior
Humans
Instructional Effectiveness
Intellectual deficiency
Male
Medical sciences
Paging systems
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Safety
Safety Management - methods
safety skills
seeking assistance
Social Behavior
Teaching - methods
Teenagers
Transfer of Training
vibrating pager
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Summary:Three teenagers with autism were taught to respond to a vibrating pager to seek assistance in community settings when physically separated from their parents or teachers. A multiple baseline probe design across participants demonstrated that, upon being paged, participants successfully handed a communication card to a community member indicating that they were lost. Generalization was assessed in nontraining community sites and on outings with the participants' parents.
ISSN:0021-8855
1938-3703
DOI:10.1901/jaba.2004.37-79