Behaviors of children with high-functioning autism when paired with typically developing versus delayed peers: a preliminary study
✍ Scribed by Tristram Smith; Nina Watthen Lovaas; O. Ivar Lovaas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-0847
- DOI
- 10.1002/bin.114
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Children with high‐functioning autistic disorder (HAD) in a comprehensive behavioral treatment program (n = 9, age = 5–7 years) alternated between pairings with a typically developing peer and pairings with a peer who had both autism and developmental delay. All pairings took place in a free play setting. The children with HAD displayed much more interactive play and speech (as well as much less self‐stimulation) with typically developing peers than with delayed peers. They received frequent cues and consequences for interaction from typically developing peers, but not in sessions with delayed peers. These results suggest that placement with typically developing peers is critical for children with HAD in behavioral treatment. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.