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Griffin, W. – National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2017
A hallmark of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is difficulties with social communication, and some learners with ASD experience additional deficits in expressive and/or receptive language that impair their ability to interact with others. However, a strength observed in many learners with ASD is responding to visual cues and structure. The use of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Scripts, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Coe, David; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
Two mentally retarded boys with autism and one girl with Down syndrome were successfully taught to initiate and play a ball game with an adult. The program targeted both nonverbal responses (such as ball contact and cooperative play) and verbal responses for play initiation and compliment delivery. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Childrens Games, Cooperation, Downs Syndrome