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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Increasing Appropriate Social Interactions of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Using Social StoriesTM

Dorothy Scattone

University of Mississippi Medical Center, dscattone{at}ped.umsmed.edu

Daniel H. Tingstrom

School Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi

Susan M. Wilczynski

National Autism Center

To date there are more than one dozen studies that validate the use of Social StoriesTM as an effective behavioral intervention. Many of these studies focused on decreasing inappropriate behaviors (e.g., aggression, screaming, and grabbing toys), and most combined Social Stories With another intervention. The present study used a multiple baseline design across participants to investigate the effectiveness of Social Stories When used as a sole intervention to increase the appropriate social interactions of 3 children With autism spectrum disorders toWard peers both With and Without disabilities. During baseline, participants demonstrated feW appropriate social interactions, although all had some functional expressive language. An increase in appropriate social interactions occurred for 2 of the participants after the intervention Was implemented. These findings suggest that Social Stories may be effective for some children With autism spectrum disorders; hoWever, the population they best serve has not yet been fully identified.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 21, No. 4, 211-222 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/10883576060210040201
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