title: Using modeling and rehearsal to teach fire safety to children with autism.
abstract: We evaluated the efficacy of an instructional procedure to teach young children with autism to evacuate settings and notify an adult during a fire alarm. A multiple baseline design across children showed that an intervention that included modeling, rehearsal, and praise was effective in teaching fire safety skills. Safety skills generalized to novel settings and maintained during a 5-week follow-up in both training and generalization settings.
authors.affiliation: Behavior Analysis, Inc. and Florida Autism Treatment Centers.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dukes
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University.
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005389:Firearms; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D012449:Safety; D013663:Teaching; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: autism; fire safety; modeling; rehearsal