Numerous developmental difficulties differentiate children with autism from typically developing children, including delays in social communication skills. In this study, we used a multiple baseline design across three behaviors (i.e., imitation, behavioral requests, and response to joint attention) for two parent–child dyads to investigate the effectiveness of a parent-implemented social communication intervention. Parents received training on least to most prompting, and coaching while practicing with their child until they reached the intervention fidelity criterion. Results indicated increased parent fidelity for one parent in two strategies and in all strategies for one parent. Environmental arrangement training was not provided for one parent due to increases in baseline. In addition, all child behaviors increased. The results and implications for future research and practice are discussed.

许多发育障碍将自闭症儿童与正常发育的儿童区分开来，包括社交沟通技巧的延迟。在这项研究中，我们对两个亲子二人组的三种行为（即模仿、行为要求和对共同注意的反应）使用了多基线设计，以调查父母实施的社会交流干预的有效性。父母在与孩子一起练习的同时接受最少到最多提示的培训和指导，直到他们达到干预保真度标准。结果表明，在两种策略和所有策略中，一位家长对一位家长的忠诚度增加。由于基线增加，没有为一位家长提供环境安排培训。此外，所有儿童行为都增加了。