1993/03/01 by Gregory S. MacDuff, Patricia J. Krantz, Lynn E. McClannahan · 3 citations
Psychology · Neuroscience · Engineering · #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Family and Disability Support Research #Autism #Generalization #Multiple baseline design #Schedule #Psychology #Task (project management) #Baseline (sea) #Developmental psychology #Intervention (counseling) #Computer science #Psychiatry #Engineering
paper · doi:10.1901/jaba.1993.26-89
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We used a graduated guidance procedure to teach 4 boys with autism to follow photographic activity schedules to increase on-task and on-schedule behavior. The multiple baseline across participants design included baseline, teaching, maintenance, resequencing of photographs, and generalization to novel photographs phases. The results indicated that photographic activity schedules (albums depicting after-school activities) produced sustained engagement, and skills generalized to a new sequence of photographs and to new photographs. The acquisition of schedule-following skills enabled these children with severe developmental disabilities to display lengthy response chains, independently change activities, and change activities in different group home settings in the absence of immediate supervision and prompts from others.