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Clinical Trial
. 2009 Fall;42(3):659-64.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-659.

Parent-implemented script fading to promote play-based verbal initiations in children with autism

Kara A Reagon  1 , Thomas S Higbee
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Clinical Trial

Parent-implemented script fading to promote play-based verbal initiations in children with autism

Kara A Reagon et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2009 Fall.

Abstract

We trained 3 mothers of children with autism to create, implement, and systematically fade scripts to promote vocal initiations during play. All 3 children's scripted and unscripted initiations increased after the introduction and fading of scripts, and unscripted initiations were maintained at the 2-week follow-up. The results indicate that parents of children with autism can successfully implement script-fading procedures in their homes and that these procedures are effective methods to increase vocal initiations during play.

Keywords: autism; initiations; parent training; play; script fading.

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Frequency of unscripted verbal initiations during 5-min sessions for Collin (top), Brandon (middle), and Jake (bottom). Sessions with the target toy set are shown as filled diamonds. GS1 sessions are shown as open squares, and GS2 sessions are shown as open triangles.
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