title: Script fading to promote unscripted bids for joint attention in children with autism.
abstract: We used a script-fading procedure to teach 3 children with autism to initiate bids for joint attention. We examined the effects of (a) scripts, (b) varied adult scripted responses, and (c) multiple-exemplar script training on promoting unscripted language during bids for joint attention. All 3 participants learned to initiate bids for joint attention, and the response generalized to untrained stimuli, conversation partners, and the classroom environment.
authors: Utah State University, 84322, USA.
authors: Joy S
authors: JS
authors: Pollard
authors: Alison M
authors: AM
authors: Betz
authors: Thomas S
authors: TS
authors: Higbee
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*