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A METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AN AUTISTIC CHILD INTO A NORMAL PUBLIC‐SCHOOL CLASSROOM 1
Author(s) -
Russo Dennis C.,
Koegel Robert L.
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-579
Subject(s) - psychology , autism , developmental psychology , class (philosophy) , clinical psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
This study investigated the feasibility of using behavioral techniques to integrate an autistic child into a normal public‐school class with one teacher and 20 to 30 normal children. The results showed: (1) that during treatment by a therapist in the classroom, the child's appropriate verbal and social behaviors increased, and autistic mannerisms decreased; and (2) training teachers in behavioral techniques was apparently sufficient to maintain the child's appropriate school behaviors throughout kindergarten and the first grade.