Promoting maintenance and generalization of language and other social communicative behaviors in children with autism may require ongoing efforts by the child’s communication partners1

Abstract

Design. The study employed a multiple baseline across participants design incorporating a multiple probe design to assess generalization to different communication partners. Pre – posttest data were also collected. The authors obtained three categories of data: 1. A description of the participants’ characteristics, 2. Observational data of the target behaviors during baseline, intervention and generalization conditions, and 3. Pre and post measures on various indicators of language development.