title: Teaching children with autism to ask questions about hidden objects.
abstract: 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 ("Can I see it?") produced sight of it, and the third form ("Can I have it?") produced the item itself. Both children learned to ask questions about hidden objects.
authors.affiliation: Applied Behavioral Consultant Services, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Donley
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013663:Teaching; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014796:Visual Perception