title: Brief Report: Using Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Skateboarding Skills to a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) on the skateboarding skills of an 11-year-old male with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). BST was used in a multiple-probe across skills design to teach five target skateboarding skills. Imitation of an additional skill was also assessed outside of BST sessions. The overall percentage of correct skateboarding skills improved following BST. Performance gains were stable in probes across settings, and additional imitations increased across the study.
authors.affiliation: Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 151 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA. benjamin.thomas@cgu.edu.|Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA. benjamin.thomas@cgu.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Kidz Choice Services, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lafasakis
authors.affiliation: Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spector
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D012073:Remedial Teaching / Q000379:methods; D012861:Skating / Q000523:psychology*; D066107:Social Skills
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Behavioral skills training; Fitness; Physical exercise; Sport skills