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Increasing play‐based commenting in children with autism spectrum disorder using a novel script‐frame procedure
Author(s) -
Groskreutz Mark P.,
Peters Amy,
Groskreutz Nicole C.,
Higbee Thomas S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.194
Subject(s) - scripting language , psychology , autism spectrum disorder , frame (networking) , protocol (science) , developmental psychology , autism , cognitive psychology , computer science , programming language , medicine , telecommunications , alternative medicine , pathology
Children with developmental disabilities may engage in less frequent and more repetitious language than peers with typical development. Scripts have been used to increase communication by teaching one or more specific statements and then fading the scripts. In the current study, preschoolers with developmental disabilities experienced a novel script‐frame protocol and learned to make play‐related comments about toys. After the script‐frame protocol, commenting occurred in the absence of scripts, with untrained play activities, and included untrained comments.