title: Using video modeling to teach reciprocal pretend play to children with autism.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to use video modeling to teach children with autism to engage in reciprocal pretend play with typically developing peers. Scripted play scenarios involving various verbalizations and play actions with adults as models were videotaped. Two children with autism were each paired with a typically developing child, and a multiple-probe design across three play sets was used to evaluate the effects of the video modeling procedure. Results indicated that both children with autism and the typically developing peers acquired the sequences of scripted verbalizations and play actions quickly and maintained this performance during follow-up probes. In addition, probes indicated an increase in the mean number of unscripted verbalizations as well as reciprocal verbal interactions and cooperative play. These findings are discussed as they relate to the development of reciprocal pretend-play repertoires in young children with autism.
authors.affiliation: New England Center for Children, 33 Turnpike Road, Southborough,Massachusetts 01772, USA. bmacdonald@necc.org
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sacramone
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mansfield
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiltz
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ahearn
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D014743:Videotape Recording / Q000379:methods*