| Strategy |
Leveraging restrictive behavior for interactive play (Watkins et al., 2019) |
Leveraging restrictive behavior for interactive play (Watkins et al., 2019) |
| Description of implementation and outcomes |
Leverage learner’s interest in social interactions
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- Try to match each of the participating individual’s interests with an activity that they all might enjoy
- Ideally, the activity will be something within their skill set that will only require some modeling to get started
- If it doesn’t work out, try another activity
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| Possible clinical obstacles |
May show more gains for those with moderate to severe autism than those with high verbal skills
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- Staff or caregivers may need encouragement as they trial-and-error activities
- New opportunities for interactions may emerge that the staff may further encourage with modeling or light prompting (such as, from the dance example, trading dance ribbons, mimicking others’ dance moves, coordinated dance like holding hands or interlocking arms, singing along)
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