scholarly journals Efektivitas functional communication training dalam meningkatkan perilaku meminta pada anak dengan autism spectrum disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-221
Author(s):  
Detricia Tedjawidjaja ◽  
Fenny Hartiani
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Single Subject Design ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Communicative Responses ◽  
Post Test

The current study aims to examine the effectiveness of functional communication training to increase asking behavior by exchanging pictures for children with an autism spectrum disorder. The participant in this study is a 6-years old girl with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder with Intellectual Impairment. This study uses a single-subject design consisting of A-B-A phases. Functional communication training is implemented using the most-to-least prompting technique which is divided into 8 sessions. The result depicts that 84% of participants increase their ability to perform requesting behavior by exchanging pictures of the trials given. Furthermore, after the implementation of functional communication training, there is an increase in the frequency of requesting behavior by exchanging pictures at post-test (average 74%) and at follow-up (average 82%). Implications of this study indicate the importance of considering the function of problem behavior in training the appropriate communicative responses for children with an autism spectrum disorder.

scholarly journals Emotional Dysregulation in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Sample of Romanian Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10683
Author(s):  
Cristina Costescu ◽  
Mălina Șogor ◽  
Serge Thill ◽  
Adrian Roșan
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Functional Communication Training ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Functional Communication

Emotional dysregulation problems seem to affect more than 80% of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and may include irritability, aggressive behaviors, self-injury, and anxiety. Even though these types of problems are very common and affect the well-being of individuals with ASD, there are no objective assessment tools developed for this population and there are only a few intervention techniques meant to address these symptoms. This study investigates the feasibility of using off-the-shelf wearable devices to accurately measure heart rate, which has been associated with emotional dysregulation, and to test the effectiveness of functional communication training in reducing the emotional outburst in preschoolers with ASD. We used a single-case experiment design with three preschoolers with ASD to test if the duration of the emotional outburst and the elevated heart rate levels can be reduced by using functional communication training. Our results show that for two of the participants, the intervention was effective in reducing the duration of behaviors associated with emotional outburst, and that there were significant differences between baseline and intervention phase in terms of heart rate levels. However, our results are inconclusive regarding the association between elevated heart rates and the occurrence of the emotional outburst. Nevertheless, more research is needed to investigate the use of off-the-shelf wearable devices in predicting challenging behaviors in children with ASD.

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