title: Teaching children with autism to tell socially appropriate lies.
abstract: This study used a nonconcurrent multiple baseline across participants design to evaluate the use of rules, role-play, and feedback for teaching 3 children with autism spectrum disorder to tell socially appropriate lies when (a) presented with an undesired gift and (b) someone's appearance changed in an undesired way. The intervention was effective in teaching use of socially appropriate lies, and generalization to untrained people and gifts or appearances was observed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bergstrom
authors.affiliation: Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.
authors.forename: Adel C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Najdowski
authors.affiliation: Foothill Child Development Services, Inc.
authors.forename: Marisela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarado
authors.affiliation: Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tarbox
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D013663:Teaching
keywords: autism; deception; lie; perspective taking; theory of mind