Efficiency of parent training a mothers of children with autism use of mand – model one of the Milieu teaching techniques

The purpose of this research was to examineted the effectiveness of family training program for prepared the mothers who had children with autism spectrum disorders and the effectiveness of the mand model applied by mother on teaching targeted communication skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. Three boys with autism spectrum disorders who attend a two rehabilitation center in the city of Bolu and their mothers participated in this study. Three mothers were taught mand model, one of the milieu teaching techniques. One of the single-subject research methodologies, multiple-probe model across subjects, was used in this research. The findings of the study demonstrated that parent training program was efficient in mothers, who had children with autism spectrum disorders and use of the mand model procedures maintaining same efficiency of the procedures two weeks after the procedure training. Additionally, the finding showed that the new words were acquired by the children with autism spectrum disorders. Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Milieu Teaching Procedures, Mand – Model, Parent Training