applied behavior analysis | autism | classroom | generalize | intervention | peers | play | prompting | teachers | time delay
Prompting children with autism to play and talk with peers may help the children to learn social play skills.
This study looked to see if time delay (prompt from a teacher that happens after a short amount of time) can help children with autism learn how to do social play. The study found that the time delay intervention was able to teach the three boys in the study to ask friends to play. The boys learned to follow a scripted play sequence and also to make play requests that were not scripted (generalize). The children also learned to do a better job at using their imagination and playing. The authors suggest that the time delay intervention could be used by teachers in the classroom throughout the day.
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