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  • Title: The facilitative effects of incidental teaching on preposition use by autistic children.
    Author: McGee GG, Krantz PJ, McClannahan LE.
    Journal: J Appl Behav Anal; 1985; 18(1):17-31. PubMed ID: 3997695.
    Abstract:
    In a comparison of incidental teaching and traditional training procedures, three language-delayed autistic children were taught expressive use of prepositions to describe the location of preferred edibles and toys. Traditional highly structured training and incidental teaching procedures were used in a classroom setting, and generalization was assessed during free-play sessions. Results clearly indicate that incidental teaching promoted greater generalization and more spontaneous use of prepositions. These findings have important implications for language programming and teacher training, suggesting that incidental teaching should be included as a standard component of language development curricula for autistic and other developmentally delayed children.
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