Pane Heather M, Sidener Tina M, Vladescu Jason C, Nirgudkar Anjalee
Caldwell University, NJ, USA
Caldwell University, NJ, USA.
Behav Modif. 2015 Nov;39(6):912-31. doi: 10.1177/0145445515603708. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
Social Stories™ are often used with children with autism to provide information about appropriate behaviors in specific contexts. Although Social Stories™ often target reduction of problem behavior, there is limited research evaluating function-based Social Stories™ based on the results of experimental functional analyses. This study used a brief functional analysis to assist in developing a Social Story™ that matched the function of the target behavior for two boys with autism. The differential effects of a Social Story™ that matched the function of the behavior, a Social Story™ that did not match the function of the behavior, and a Social Story™ that described baseline were compared in an alternating treatments design. Results indicated that (a) the function-based Social Story™ plus functional communication training (FCT) was effective in decreasing target problem behavior and increasing target mands for both participants, (b) both participants selected the function-based Social Story™ during treatment preference evaluations, and (c) both participants maintained low levels of target problem behavior and maintained target mands when the Social Stories™ were removed.
社交故事™常被用于自闭症儿童，以提供特定情境下适当行为的信息。尽管社交故事™通常旨在减少问题行为，但基于实验性功能分析结果对基于功能的社交故事™进行评估的研究有限。本研究采用简短的功能分析来协助为两名自闭症男孩编写与目标行为功能相匹配的社交故事™。在交替治疗设计中，比较了与行为功能相匹配的社交故事™、与行为功能不匹配的社交故事™以及描述基线情况的社交故事™的不同效果。结果表明：（a）基于功能的社交故事™加功能性沟通训练（FCT）对两名参与者减少目标问题行为和增加目标要求均有效；（b）在治疗偏好评估中，两名参与者均选择了基于功能的社交故事™；（c）当移除社交故事™时，两名参与者的目标问题行为均维持在低水平，且目标要求得以保持。
