As a School-Based Practitioner Working with Children with Autism, You

question 3

Multiple Choice

As a school-based practitioner working with children with autism, you decide you want to aid communication in your clients by asking another classmate to assist by acting as a mentor. These classmates will be trained in how to interact with another child, share toys, and engage in strategies to promote interaction. Which intervention does this best represent?

• A) Augmentative and alternative communication
• B) Social skills training
• C) Peer-mediated intervention
• D) Joint attention training

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Definitions:

Interference

An inability to recall a specific memory due to the presence of other memories.

Engrams

Hypothetical units of cognitive information imprinted in the brain that are believed to be the basis for memory.

Memorization

The process of committing information to memory for later retrieval.

False Memories

Distorted or fabricated recollections of events that did not actually happen, often studied in relation to suggestibility and memory formation.