Although neurotypical children often spend the majority of their time engaged in play activities, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can present with substantial delays in the development of play skills, requiring intensive intervention. Although targets for language and basic learning skills are often selected based on the development of neurotypical children (e.g., Sundberg, 2008), little research has been conducted on methods for selecting play skill targets. The current study compared acquisition of play skills that were development-matched (DM) and age-matched (AM) with 4 children diagnosed with ASD. Targets were selected based on the results of the Developmental Play Assessment (DPA; Lifter, 2008). No contrived prompts or consequences were used to teach play skills in either condition. Generalization was programmed for by teaching with 3 sets of toys in both conditions. All participants demonstrated acquisition of DM play targets and generalization to novel toys; none of the participants acquired AM play targets.

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自闭症谱系障碍儿童游戏技能发育匹配和年龄匹配目标的比较

虽然神经型儿童经常将大部分时间花在游戏活动上，但患有自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 的儿童可能会出现游戏技能发展的严重延迟，需要加强干预。虽然语言和基本学习技能的目标通常是根据神经型儿童的发展来选择的（例如，Sundberg，2008），但很少有研究选择游戏技能目标的方法。目前的研究比较了 4 名被诊断患有 ASD 的儿童在获得发育匹配 (DM) 和年龄匹配 (AM) 的游戏技能方面的情况。目标是根据发展性游戏评估的结果选择的（DPA；升降机，2008 年）。在这两种情况下，都没有使用人为的提示或后果来教授游戏技巧。通过在两种情况下使用 3 套玩具进行教学来进行泛化。所有参与者都展示了获得 DM 游戏目标和对新玩具的概括；没有参与者获得 AM 游戏目标。