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Teaching Contextually Appropriate Play Commenting Without The Use Of Visual Cues, Beverly Nichols
Teaching Contextually Appropriate Play Commenting Without The Use Of Visual Cues, Beverly Nichols
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Deficits in communication and play can affect the quality of life of autistic children and individuals, which is why it is important that we help them acquire these skills as early as possible. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) and script training and fading procedures are evidence-based practices that can successfully teach communication during play. However, script fading can be difficult, and scripts may not be able to be completely faded out of the environment. The findings from a recent study suggested that specific phrases can become associated with small pictures rather than written scripts Perhaps, these specific phrases can be tied …