重度自閉症児のオペラント技法による言語指導(<特集>ストラテジーと効果)

要旨

The purpose of the present study was to explore the effectiveness of a training program based upon Watson's one in acquiring language in severely autistic children. Training in the individual and group situations were combined to facilitate the acquisition of language in autistic children. As the result of the eight months traninig the following points were demonstrated. 1. Training in the individual and group situations were mutually facilitative for the acquisition of language. The effectiveness of the training was noticeable when the tasks were closely similar to each other. 2. Generally, the tranference from the individual training to the group training was more effective than the reverse transference. 3. It is necessary to develop an effective program of teaching language for autistic children. To promote this, the effort is required to strengthen the similarity between the individual and group training situations.