Autism — A Case in Early Childhood: A South African Investigation

This paper examines the appropriateness for African children of the self‐monitoring intervention procedure. The results of the effects of self‐monitoring in children with autism using the frequency of reinforcement and play are reported. Tentative comparisons of the African data with those of previously reported American children of the same age indicated that the children sampled were more similar in terms of greater play behavior demonstrated by each child during the self‐monitoring condition. Overall the results very largely mirror those from a similar survey of children with autism (Handleman & Harris, 1984).