Evaluating the use of DTT to teach basic sexuality education skills to children with autism spectrum disorder
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[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/01/2024] Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience numerous changes and challenges in their lifetime and it is critical that they have the knowledge to assist them during these experiences. Individuals with ASD engage in sexual behaviors at different stages of their life and sexual education is not always taught to individuals with ASD. Applied behavior analysis can be used to teach sexual education. As defined by Bruess and Greenberg (2004) in Sexuality education: Theory and practice, sexuality education is "a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about identity, relationships, and intimacy" (p.15). This study will evaluate implementing discrete trial training (DTT) to increase skill acquisition of labeling body parts, discriminating between public and private behaviors, and labeling anatomy as public or private body parts for two children with ASD. One participant mastered all three skills, and the second participant mastered the first skill.
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