ASD Social: Clinical Applications IV

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Techniques from recent research

review the qualitative data, prep the RBT to engage in conversation.

  • Use multiple exemplars, such as novel stimuli for each trial (i.e., Welsh, et al., 2019)
  • Plan to test for generalization throughout training not just at the end (i.e., Wichnick-Gillis et al., 2019)
  • Use a variety of response options (i.e., Grob et al., 2019)
  • Conduct social validity observations of same-age peers to ensure techniques and prompts are acceptable to the generalized population (i.e., Peters & Thompson, 2015; observed same-age peers in order to determine the age group’s social cues for disinterest)
Adaptations

continue to have opportunities for trials, determine the topics that would have the greatest social validity, etc.

  • Keep one stimulus from training constant when probing generalization (i.e., Wichnick-Gillis, et al., 2019 used the same toys when probing generalization from school to home)