The effectiveness of script fading procedure on teaching question asking skills to demand information to children with autism spectrum disorder

The effectiveness of teaching of questioning asking skills ("Where is……?") to demand information by using script fading procedure to children with ASD was examined in this current study. In addition, it was examined whether children with ASD maintained their questioning asking skills ("Where is……?") to demand information 2, 3 and 4 weeks after the end of the study and whether they generalized to different settings and materials. The study was conducted with three male participants with autism spectrum disorder between the ages of 5 and 10 years. The multiple probe with probe trials design across participants models, was used in current study. In order to determine the social validity of the research, the opinions of the parents of the participant children were collected. The findings of this study demonstrated that script fading procedure is effective on teaching of questioning asking skills ("Where is……?") to demand information to children with ASD. In addition, the participants maintained questioning asking skills ("Where is……?") to demand information 2, 3 and 4 weeks after and they generalized the target behaviors to different settings and materials. Findings of social validity show that the parents of the participants have quite positive opinions about the study.