Preschool aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have noticeable deficits in play skills that impede the development of gross and fine motor skills, language and communication skills, thinking and problem-solving skills, and social skills. This study aimed to teach three preschool-aged children with ASD to engage in solitary pretend play behaviors. An adapted alternating treatments design embedded in a multiple probe design across participants was used to evaluate the effects of multiple exemplar video modeling on scripted and unscripted play actions of children with ASD. In the current study, video modeling led to the acquisition of play skills for children with ASD. Additionally, the current study has the potential to extend existing video modeling research by incorporating multiple exemplar video models to demonstrate the emergence of unscripted play actions during pretend play in the natural environment.
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