A method for integrating an autistic child into a normal public-school classroom.
This study investigated the feasibility of using behavioral techniques to integrate an autistic child into a normal public-school class with one teacher and 20 to 30 normal children. The results showed: (1) that during treatment by a therapist in the classroom, the child's appropriate verbal and social behaviors increased, and autistic mannerisms decreased; and (2) training teachers in behavioral techniques was apparently sufficient to maintain the child's appropriate school behaviors throughout kindergarten and the first grade.
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012574:Schools; D012653:Self Stimulation; D012919:Social Behavior; D013663:Teaching; D014040:Token Economy; D014705:Verbal Behavior