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Publication Date: 2019
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Teaching a Perspective-Taking Component Skill to Children with Autism in the Natural Environment
Welsh, Fernanda; Najdowski, Adel C.; Strauss, Danielle; Gallegos, Lindabeth; Fullen, Jesse A.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v52 n2 p439-450 Spr 2019
We evaluated procedures for teaching three children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the perspective-taking component skill of tacting what others are sensing across all five senses: see, taste, feel, hear, and smell. Using a multiple baseline across participants design, we evaluated a training package consisting of multiple exemplar training, reinforcement, and error correction. The treatment package was implemented in the natural environment and was effective for teaching participants to tact what others sensed. Generalization across untrained stimuli and people was observed from baseline to posttraining for all participants. We discuss how this component skill may be related to teaching further skills related to perspective taking such as tacting what others know, predicting future behavior based upon one's beliefs, and creating false beliefs in others for the purpose of adaptive deceptive behaviors such as keeping secrets, surprises, and bluffing during games.
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Error Correction, Skill Development
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Language: English
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