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Krantz and Mcclannahan (1993) conducted a multiple baseline study across four participants to investigate the effect of a script fading procedure in teaching children with autism to initiate to peers. Four participants involved in the study were diagnosed with autism by one or more outside agencies. All four participants had a history of impaired imitation skills, severe communication deficits, minimal or absent academic, and social and home-living skills. The setting for the study was a classroom and research center for autism for training, and generalization took place in large conference room. Before the study, participants had learned to independently follow a photographic activity schedule and written activity schedule. The dependent variable was defined as understandable questions or statements directed towards peers without prompts from the adults. Scripted initiations were verbal productions that matched the written script, with the exception that conjunctions, articles, prepositions or pronouns could be altered (e.g. ross you like my picture? Although the script read Ross, I like…show more content… Participants were provided with a sheet of paper that had written instruction such as “Do your art” and “talk a lot”. Teachers provided the participant with single verbal prompt only during the first session (reading the first word of instruction). Post baseline during the script, the same three art procedures were rotated and the written questions on the baseline continued, but 10 more questions were added later. The teacher provided prompts with respect to reading assistance and later these prompts were faded. At the 2 month follow up, no prompts were provided by the teacher, and thus intervention continued towards generalization in different setting with different teachers and different times of the day with different
