Behavioral Sibling Training

Mi Trinh, BA, and David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Learning how to interact and engage with other children is among the many social challenges that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) confront, with some finding even minimal social interaction difficult. Including siblings in treatment can be potentially effective in…

Remaking Recess intervention for improving peer interactions at school for children with autism spectrum disorder

  Shih, W., Dean, M., Kretzmann, M., Locke, J., Senturk, D., Mandell, D., Smith, T., & Kasari, C. (2019). Remaking recess intervention for improving peer interactions at school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Multisite randomized trial. School Psychology Review, 48, 133-144. Reviewed by: Nishi Kadakia, MA and Robert H. LaRue, PhD, BCBA-D Rutgers, The State…

Teaching Game Playing to Children With Autism

My son is 5 years old and was diagnosed with autism when he was two. He has responded well to early intervention services in terms of his communication and daily living activities. But it is still challenging for him to play games with his neurotypical peers. When all the kids at a birthday party are…

How Can I Structure Playdates for Success?

My child with autism is doing well in his academic programming, but I’d like to help him develop social skills with peers. He participates in playdates, but I often worry that we are not making the most of these opportunities. How can I help him learn to play with a friend? Considering the recent pandemic,…

Video Modeling

Updated by Kait Evoy, MS, LBS1 Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Video modeling is a form of the more general practice of modeling. Video modeling is an intervention effective for teaching social skills (e.g., Buggey et. al., 2011), play skills (e.g., Lee et. al., 2017; Petursdottir & Gudmundsdottir, 2017), daily life skills (Shipley-Benamou…