ASD Social: Clinical Applications II

Teaching a wider variety of phrases when using scripts, then script fading

• Model example and non-examples of pleasant comments and ask the learner to determine whether they qualify as a pleasant comment (i.e., Hood et al., 2020)
• Construct a list of phrases with the learner that she can use and type them out on a sheet a paper she may reference during practice (see Hood et al., 2020, also Yamamoto & Isawa, 2020)
• Consider using a reinforcer that may be faded later (i.e., Grob et al., 2019)

Using more intrusive prompting then gradually fading

• Teach a frame into which the learner can insert unique words or phrases (e.g., “Today I am looking forward to _____.”; adapted from Hood et al., 2020)