You may say "toe-may-toe", and I may say "toe-mah-toe", but we've all learned to accept that these differences are ok. However, not everyone can take such perspective taking skills for granted, including many individuals with autism. This week, we take a peek into the behavior analytic literature to see how we can use recent research to supercharge our teaching skill for this socially-important skill. Articles discussed this episode: Welsh, F., Najdowski, A.C., Strauss, D., Gallegos, L., & Fullen, J.A. (2019). Teaching a perspective-taking component skills to children with autism in the natural environment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 52, 439-450. doi: 10.1002/jaba.523 Stauch, T.A., Plavnick, J.B., Sankar, S., & Gallagher, A.C. (2018). Teaching social perception skills to adolescents with autism and intellectual disabilities using video-based group instruction. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 51, 647-666. doi: 10.1002/jaba.473 Gould, E., Tarbox, J., O'Hora, D., Noone, S., & Bergstrom, R. (2011). Teaching children with autism a basic component skill of perspective-taking. Behavioral Interventions, 26, 50-66. doi: 10.1002/bin.320 If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to this episode, click here to go to the store page. You'll need to enter your name, BCBA #, and the two episode secret code words to complete the purchase. Email us at [email protected] for further assistance.

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