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A social narrative is an evidence-based [1] learning tool designed for use with people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other associated disabilities. Social narratives often use personalized stories to teach a skill , identify a situation, or tell a narrative ; some examples of social narratives may cover topics such as getting along ...
[96] [131] People with autism have been found to have strong visual processing skills, making them good candidates for an AAC approach. [132] AAC intervention in this population is directed towards the linguistic and social abilities of the child, [ 133 ] including providing the person with a concrete means of communication, as well as ...
The prototype view of concept learning holds that people categorize based on one or more central examples of a given category followed by a penumbra of decreasingly typical examples. This implies that people do not categorize based on a list of things that all correspond to a definition, but rather on a hierarchical inventory based on semantic ...
ABA is an applied science devoted to developing procedures which will produce observable changes in behavior. [3] [9] It is to be distinguished from the experimental analysis of behavior, which focuses on basic experimental research, [10] but it uses principles developed by such research, in particular operant conditioning and classical conditioning.
Visual thinking has been argued by Temple Grandin to be an origin for delayed speech in people with autism. [23] It has been suggested that visual thinking has some necessary connection with autism. [ citation needed ] Functional imaging studies on people with autism have supported the hypothesis that they have a cognitive style that favors the ...
Sensory Integration Therapy is based on A. Jean Ayres's Sensory Integration Theory, which proposes that sensory-processing is linked to emotional regulation, learning, behavior, and participation in daily life. [2] Sensory integration is the process of organizing sensations from the body and environmental stimuli.
The Circle of Friends approach is a method designed to increase the socialization and inclusion of a disabled person with their peers. A Circle of Friends consists of a "focus" child, for whom the group was established, six to eight classroom peers, and an adult facilitator who meet once weekly to socialize and work on specific goals.
Behavior modification was a treatment approach that used respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior. Based on methodological behaviorism, [1] overt behavior was modified with (antecedent) stimulus control and consequences, including positive and negative reinforcement contingencies to increase desirable behavior, as well as positive and negative punishment, and extinction to reduce ...