The effectiveness of behavioral skills training for individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder in cope with online sexual abuse

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effectiveness of behavioral skills training supported by video visual scene displays on the teaching of online sexual abuse coping skills to individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Three male participants between the ages of 21-23 were studied in the study, in which multiple probe across participants experimental design, which is one of the single-subject research models, was used. The baseline and probe sessions of the research were carried out online, and the practice sessions were held in institutions where individuals with autism spectrum disorder received education. Generalization sessions to determine whether the participants in the research generalize their ability to cope with sexual abuse in the online environments they acquired to different people; Maintenance sessions were held two and four weeks after the end of the teaching sessions to determine whether they retained the target skill they had acquired. The findings of the study revealed that all participants acquired the ability to cope with sexual abuse in online environments, generalized the acquired skill to different people, and maintained it after the end of the training. In the study, social validity data were also collected from the participants, their families and teachers by adopting a subjective evaluation approach, and it was observed that both the participants, their families, and their teachers had generally positive opinions about the target skill, behavioral skills training in which the video visual scene displays application was presented at the modeling stage, and the results obtained.