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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2018 Jan 7;11(4):667–678. doi: 10.1002/aur.1919

Table 2.

Material Covered in Enhancing Interactions Tutorial

Section Content
Introduction to home routines

  • Definition and examples of home routines

  • Importance of home routines for children with ASD

  • Tips for starting and ending home routines
Individual routines:
Bath time
Snack time
Play time
Bed time

  • Description of routine

  • Potential challenges for children with ASD

  • Strategies for increasing the child’s ability to tolerate, participate, and interact in each routine

  • Identifying the child’s current level of participation (i.e., tolerating, participating, or interacting)

  • Identifying the best next step (i.e., goal) for increasing the child’s engagement in the routine

  • Tips for helping the child achieve the goal
Tool box modules

  • Using choice boards, first-then boards, visual schedules, and timers

  • Using prompting and reinforcement

  • Teaching imitation

  • Improving language understanding