Schreibman L, O'Neill R E, Koegel R L
J Appl Behav Anal. 1983 Summer;16(2):129-38. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1983.16-129.
The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a program designed to teach behavior modification procedures to normal siblings of autistic children. Three sibling pairs participated in a multiple-baseline analysis of the effects of training the normal siblings to use behavior modification procedures to teach their autistic brother or sister a variety of learning tasks. Results indicated that the siblings learned to use the behavioral procedures at a high level of proficiency, they used the procedures in a generalization setting, and there were observed improvements in the behavior of the autistic children. In addition, a social validation assessment of the normal siblings' statements about their autistic sibling indicated a decrease in negative statements and an increase in positive statements after training. These results are discussed in terms of the potential for incorporating siblings into the treatment plan in intervention programs with autistic children.
本研究旨在调查一项旨在向自闭症儿童的正常兄弟姐妹传授行为矫正程序的计划的有效性。三对兄弟姐妹参与了一项多基线分析，该分析旨在研究训练正常兄弟姐妹使用行为矫正程序来教导他们患有自闭症的兄弟姐妹各种学习任务的效果。结果表明，这些兄弟姐妹学会了高水平熟练地使用行为程序，他们在泛化环境中运用这些程序，并且观察到自闭症儿童的行为有改善。此外，对正常兄弟姐妹关于其自闭症兄弟姐妹的陈述进行的社会效度评估表明，训练后负面陈述减少，正面陈述增加。将根据在自闭症儿童干预计划中让兄弟姐妹参与治疗计划的可能性来讨论这些结果。
