Using a Self-Management Intervention to Increase Compliance in Children With ASD

Abstract

This two-study series examined the effectiveness of self-management in increase compliance with parental requests. Three boys diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their parents participated. The intervention involved self-monitoring combined with parent-delivered reinforcement. A multiple baseline design was used. The intervention was successful in increasing rates of compliance and reducing problem behavior in training and generalization settings with each participant. Social validity was high and treatment integrity data indicated that the intervention could be readily implemented by parents. Study 2 also provided evidence of a strong treatment effect for the self-management beyond a small effect for effective instructional delivery.

KEYWORDS:

• autism
• compliance
• effective instructional delivery
• self-management
• self-monitoring

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This study was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental) for Chi Man Lui.