Preparing for Adulthood: Generalization of Functional Living Skills
摘要
Building durable functional living skills (e.g., preparing meals, dressing, bathing) prepares autistic individuals for adulthood. Because independent-living outcomes may be tenuous for autistic adults, this chapter describes essential strategies for developing and generalizing functional living skills. The chapter describes various teaching strategies for individuals with autism to learn functional living skills, including in vivo methods (e.g., chaining), visual cueing (e.g., social stories), audio cueing (e.g., audio prompts), video modeling, and technology-based approaches (e.g., virtual reality, educational apps). To promote durable teaching effects, strategies for promoting generalization (e.g., teaching multiple exemplars, programming common stimuli) are discussed.