Sarokoff, R. A., Taylor, B. A., & Poulson, C. L. (2001).
Teaching children with autism to engage in conversational exchanges: Script fading with embedded textual stimuli.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
34, 81-84.
A multiple baseline across three sets of stimuli was used to
assess the effects of a script-fading procedure using embedded
text to teach 2 children with autism to engage in conversation
statements about the stimuli. Both students stated all the
scripted statements, and unscripted statements also increased.
Generalization was assessed with novel peers and with untrained
stimuli.
DESCRIPTORS: _autism, script fading, language acquisition,
developmental disabilities, antecedent control