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Joseph M Lambert1, Bailey A Copeland1, Erica L Karp1
1Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203 USA.
This study outlines a behavior-analytic strategy to teach basketball skills to individuals with autism, enhancing participation in sports activities and improving physical health.
Area of Science:
- Behavior analysis
- Developmental disabilities
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Sports science
Background:
- Individuals with developmental disabilities participate in fewer recreational and sports activities.
- Basketball proficiency can enhance social opportunities and physical health for individuals with autism.
- No prior research has detailed a behavior-analytic approach for teaching basketball.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and evaluate a behavior-analytic strategy for teaching basketball skills.
- To increase participation in sports for individuals with autism.
Main Methods:
- Employed discrete-trial training to teach nine fundamental basketball skills.
- Utilized a forward chaining procedure to teach skill sequences for offense, defense, and drills.
- Assessed a 13-year-old male diagnosed with autism.
Main Results:
- The participant acquired all prerequisite basketball skills.
- Response chains for basketball play came under the control of appropriate discriminative stimuli.
- Demonstrated the efficacy of the behavior-analytic strategy.
Conclusions:
- A behavior-analytic strategy can effectively teach basketball skills to individuals with autism.
- This approach facilitates participation in sports and associated benefits.
- Highlights the potential for ABA in adapted sports programming.
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