Williams, G., Donley, C. R., & Keller, J. W. (2000).
Teaching children with autism to ask questions about hidden objects.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
33, 627-630.
We taught 2 4-year-old children with autism to ask questions of
an adult who held a closed box with a toy inside. The treatment
package (modeling, prompting, and reinforcement) was evaluated
with a multiple baseline design across the three question forms
during training, generalization, and follow-up evaluations. The
first question form ("What's that?") produced the name
of the hidden item. The second form ("@n I see it?")
produced sight of it, and the third form ("@n I have
it?") produced the item itself. Both children learned to ask
questions about hidden objects.
DESCRIPTORS: _autism, questions, language acquisition, verbal
behavior