Abstract
Independent travel skills were taught to a 15-year-old boy with autism. Before the instruction, a task analysis of travel skills needed from his home to T University was attempted, based on a survey of the natural environment. Also, a meeting was held with the student and his parents in order to explain the instruction and obtain their consent to the training. The travel skills were taught in a natural environment with immediate and delayed prompting procedures. In addition, simulation instruction was conducted with a personal computer in order to convey moving to the curb when the desired bus was approaching. The results indicated that the youth acquired travel skills following the combination of instruction in the natural environment and the simulated setting. The results were discussed in the context of general case instruction. Social interactions between the student and other members of the community were observed in the natural environment. People's response to his behavior depended on the specific social situation. The results were discussed in terms of the contingencies in the natural environment.
