Many individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenges with social communication, including recognizing and responding to non-verbal cues. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of self-management combined with textual cues to teach adults with ASD to recognize and respond to nonverbal expressions of boredom and confusion during social conversation. A multiple baseline across participants design was used to assess the efficacy of this intervention for three participants. Results showed substantial gains across all participants in their recognition and responsiveness to the targeted nonverbal cues. Moreover, this skill maintained after the completion of intervention and generalized to novel conversation partners and settings with large effect sizes. The findings add to the literature base on interventions for adults with ASD, and further support the use of self-management and textual cues as effective intervention strategies for improving nonverbal communication.

许多患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的人在社交交流方面遇到挑战，包括识别和回应非语言暗示。本研究的目的是评估自我管理与文本提示相结合的有效性，以教会患有 ASD 的成年人在社交对话中识别和回应无聊和困惑的非语言表达。跨参与者设计的多重基线用于评估该干预对三名参与者的有效性。结果显示，所有参与者在识别和响应目标非语言线索方面都取得了实质性进展。此外，这种技能在干预完成后保持不变，并推广到新的对话伙伴和具有大效应量的环境中。