Teaching Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder to Ask Questions: A Systematic Review
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Raulston, T., Carnett, A., et al. (2013).
Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(7), 866-878.
This systematic review investigates the effects of question-asking interventions on question-asking skills in individuals on the autism spectrum.
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Peer-reviewed English-language studies (not further specified)
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"While all of the reviewed studies reported positive outcomes with regard to acquisition of question-asking skills, generalization effects were mixed" (p. 876).
<p>"The approaches to intervention in these studies shared several common components [including]:</p>
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<li>ensuring participants are motivated to ask questions by identifying preferred items and/or activities and strategically arranging the instructional environment (i.e., contriving establishing operations),</li>
<li>using information and access to preferred items or activities as positive [natural] reinforcement for question-asking,</li>
<li>and using systematic prompting and prompt fading (e.g., time delay)" (p. 876).</li>
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