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Effects of textual prompts and feedback on social niceties of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in a simulated workplace
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Shinya,
Isawa Shinzo
Publication year - 2019
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.667
Subject(s) - psychology , autism spectrum disorder , autism , generalization , intervention (counseling) , multiple baseline design , developmental psychology , social skills , applied behavior analysis , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Previous research demonstrates the efficacy of behavioral skills training with a textual prompt to establish greetings and conversational skills. This study examined the efficacy of a brief intervention of textual prompts with performance feedback for increasing social niceties of adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder in a simulated workplace. Target social niceties included “Do you have a minute?” when a participant initiated an interaction and “Thank you for your time” when a participant ended the interaction. Results revealed this intervention was effective for 7 of 9 participants. This study expands upon previous studies by showing the efficacy of a resource‐efficient training on acquisition and generalization of social niceties by people with autism spectrum disorder.