Children with autism tend to engage in challenging behavior more than other children, which impacts their ability to engage appropriately with instructional tasks. Existing literature has established that visual activity schedules are effective for maximizing on-task behaviors and reducing challenging behavior in individuals with autism. However, in some cases challenging behavior may not be effectively reduced, especially when the visual activity schedule includes a less preferred task. This study aimed to address this need by (a) examining the effects of a treatment package consisting of a visual activity schedule and instructional choice on escape-maintained challenging behavior of children with autism during less preferred tasks and (b) comparing the effects of the treatment package with a visual activity schedule only treatment. Results suggest the treatment package effectively reduced challenging behavior during less preferred tasks and had more consistent effects than the visual schedule only treatment on the reduction of challenging behavior.

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通过视觉活动时间表和教学选择减少自闭症谱系障碍儿童的逃避维持挑战性行为

自闭症儿童比其他儿童倾向于更具挑战性的行为，这影响了他们适当地完成教学任务的能力。现有文献已经确定视觉活动时间表对于最大化自闭症患者的任务行为和减少挑战性行为是有效的。但是，在某些情况下，挑战性行为可能无法有效减少，尤其是在视觉活动计划中包含次要任务时。这项研究旨在通过（a）检查由视觉活动时间表和指导性选择组成的治疗方案对自闭症儿童在较不喜欢的任务中逃脱维持的挑战行为的影响，以及（b）比较该治疗方案的影响，从而满足这一需求。具有视觉活动计划的治疗套餐，仅治疗。