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Visual Learning Strategies to Promote Independence and Appropriate Social Behavior

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Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Abstract

As noted in other chapters in this text, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often present with behavioral challenges that make it difficult for them to interact effectively with the social world. They may also have difficulty completing multistep tasks and sustaining attention for extended periods of time. The interventions described in this chapter, photographic activity schedules (hereafter called, activity schedules) and social scripting/script fading, were specifically designed to help individuals with ASD overcome these challenges. In this chapter, we will introduce these two techniques, briefly review the research supporting their effectiveness, and then offer suggestions for how they can be used, both together and separately, to improve the lives of individuals with ASD and their families.

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    Thomas S. Higbee & Tyra P. Sellers

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Higbee, T.S., Sellers, T.P. (2017). Visual Learning Strategies to Promote Independence and Appropriate Social Behavior. In: Leaf, J. (eds) Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorder . Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62995-7_15

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