Pivotal Response Teaching for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Overview*

Abstract

In recent years, the increasing of number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has led to the diversity in interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder. This diversity of interventions has brought forward evidence-based interventions, which is used in the education of children with autism spectrum disorder. Pivotal response teaching is one of the evidence-based interventions, which is used in the education of children with autism spectrum disorder. The purpose of this current study is to depict the pivotal response teaching, explain the general characteristics of pivotal response teaching, and provide information about how to plan a training session, which is carried out using pivotal response teaching.

Keywords: Pivotal response teaching, evidence-based interventions, autism spectrum disorder. 

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Öz

Son yıllarda, otizm spektrum bozukluğu tanısı alan çocukların sayısının giderek artması, otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan çocuklara yönelik uygulamalarda da çeşitliliğe neden olmuştur. Uygulamadaki bu çeşitlilikler, otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan çocukların eğitimlerinde kullanılan bilimsel dayanaklı uygulamaları gündeme getirmiştir. Otizm spektrum bozukluğu olan çocukların eğitiminde kullanılan bilimsel dayanaklı uygulamalardan birisi temel tepki öğretimidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; temel tepki öğretimini tanımlamak, genel özelliklerini açıklamak ve temel tepki öğretimi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilecek bir öğretim oturumunun nasıl planlanacağı hakkında bilgi vermektir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Temel tepki öğretimi, bilimsel dayanaklı uygulamalar, otizm spektrum bozukluğu

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