Using time-delay to improve social play skills with peers for children with autism.

Full Abstract

Interventions that teach social communication and play skills are crucial for the development of children with autism. The time delay procedure is effective in teaching language acquisition, social use of language, discrete behaviors, and chained activities to individuals with autism and developmental delays. In this study, three boys with autism, attending a non-public school, were taught play activities that combined a play sequence with requesting peer assistance, using a graduated time delay procedure. A multiple-baseline across subjects design demonstrated the success of this procedure to teach multiple-step social play sequences. Results indicated an additional gain of an increase in pretend play by one of the participants. Two also demonstrated a generalization of the skills learned through the time delay procedure.

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Author information

Author/s: Liber, Daniella B (DB); Frea, William D (WD); Symon, Jennifer B G (JB);

Affiliation: California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of autism and developmental disorders (J Autism Dev Disord), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Feb; vol 38 (issue 2) : pp 312-23

Dates: Created 2008/01/25; Completed 2008/05/16;

PMID: 17546488, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; psychology; therapy
Behavior Therapy
Child
Echolalia - diagnosis; psychology; therapy
Humans
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis; psychology; therapy
Language Therapy

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