Article ID: 23-002
In this study, the Screening Test of Risk for School Absenteeism (STeRA) was used to provide support to children with school nonattendance and ASD characteristics. The assessment results suggest that the target child’s school nonattendance was maintained through interpersonal communication with his classmates, school, and the mother’s responses to his complaints. Therefore, we attempted to acquire interpersonal communication skills, differential reinforcement between the subject children’s complaints, and school going behavior when they leave home and wear colored lenses. Interventions in interpersonal communication promote participation in school activities and reduce school nonattendance. Subsequently, differential reinforcement of school attendance behavior was attempted and school nonattendance was completely controlled. Wearing the colored lenses enables the child to attend more classes; however, tardiness was not completely suppressed. The results of this study suggest that STeRA may be clinically useful. We also identified the need for support that considers the acquisition of coping skills when target behaviors are not reinforced.
