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. 2004 Spring;37(1):79–82. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-79

Teaching teenagers with autism to seek assistance when lost.

Bridget A Taylor 1, Carrie E Hughes 1, Erin Richard 1, Hannah Hoch 1, Andrea Rodriquez Coello 1
PMCID: PMC1284480  PMID: 15154218

Abstract

Three teenagers with autism were taught to respond to a vibrating pager to seek assistance in community settings when physically separated from their parents or teachers. A multiple baseline probe design across participants demonstrated that, upon being paged, participants successfully handed a communication card to a community member indicating that they were lost. Generalization was assessed in nontraining community sites and on outings with the participants' parents.

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