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  • Title: Effects of circumscribed interests on the social behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders.
    Author: Boyd BA, Conroy MA, Mancil GR, Nakao T, Alter PJ.
    Journal: J Autism Dev Disord; 2007 Sep; 37(8):1550-61. PubMed ID: 17146704.
    Abstract:
    This study compared the effects of circumscribed interests (CI) to less preferred (LP) tangible stimuli on the social behaviors of three children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Based on single subject design methodology, the CI experimental sessions resulted in longer durations of target-child initiated social interactions in comparison to LP sessions. In addition, latency of participant's initial social bids to peers was decreased when CI were present. The results suggest that embedding CI into dyadic play situations with typical peers can be used to increase the social behavior children with ASD direct toward typical peers. Future research should examine the specific environmental conditions that must be present in naturalistic settings to facilitate generalization of social behavior.
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