Research: Increasing Independence in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Three Focused Interventions

Authored by Hume, K., Loftin R., and Lantz J. in J Autism Dev Disord, Volume 39, Issue 9, p. 1329-1338, (2009).

Article summary (posted May 4, 2010):

Interventions such as self-monitoring, video modeling, and individual work systems may help children with autism to be more independent.

While autism therapies may teach skills to children with autism, often the children depend on adult support in order to do these skills. Even people with high-functioning autism may rely a lot on adult prompts and feedback. The fact that many children and adults with autism cannot function by themselves means that they have poorer outcomes. Many interventions for children with autism focus on helping children to function by themselves. This article describes things that prevent people with autism from working by themselves and three interventions that may promote independence.

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adults with autism, autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), feedback, focus, high-functioning autism, independence, modeling, prompt, prompts, review article, therapy, video, video-modeling techniques
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