ABSTRACT

Deficits of eye contact in children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) is a major factor interfering with social interaction and attention in learning situations, and the development of practical and effective intervention to improve their eye contact skills is so important. This study attempted to teach eye contact skills to children with autism in a way that children elicit natural eye contact of demand function by motivating operations without relying on any verbal SD or promptings. Three autistic children aged 4 to 5 years participated in the study. Multiple probe design across subjects was employed. And the present study examined the functional relationship between BCIS as the independent variable and making eye contact when they were called their names as the dependent variable. Result show that all three participants achieved targeted behavior within 20 sessions intervention, and the effect of the intervention was maintained during follow up probes 1 week later. It is discussed the limitations of the study and suggestions for future research.

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