Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2009
Four developmentally handicapped (autistic) boys in a treatment centre for behavior disordered children were taught to perform coloring and block-assembly play responses within a discrete trial format training paradigm. Two training strategies that differed with respect to antecedent cueing methods were examined. Specifically, a “naturalistic” cueing procedure, involving the simple presentation of play materials to set play in motion, was compared to the more conventional approach of giving verbal instructions to instigate play responses. Generalization across comparable play “tasks” with only naturalistic cueing was probed. Findings indicated that, with all participants, where the antecedent cues for training matched those found in the generalization condition, there was substantially more carry-over. Suggestions for future remedial practice based upon antecedent control factors are offered.
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