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Increasing Sibling Positive Interactions

Monse Austin, Remington Swensson, & Lindsey Swafford

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Strategies

  1. Turn taking/sharing

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  • Requesting missing items

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  • Activity schedules

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Turn Taking

  • Identify a visual cue to signal which child's turn it is
    • Wristband
    • Posterboard
    • Picture

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Turn Taking

  • Identify toys/activities that both children enjoy
  • Preference assessment
  • Conduct separately
  • 5-8 items
  • Rank items

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Turn Taking

  1. Present the visual cue and give the item to the corresponding child
  2. Set a timer for 30 s
  3. Ensure the other child has access to a less preferred toy
  4. When the timer beeps, switch the visual cue
  5. Have the child without the toy, request the toy (e.g., “my turn”, exchange a picture, sign please)
  6. Have the child with the toy hand the toy to the other child
  7. Repeat these steps for 6 minutes

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Turn Taking—TIPS

  • Start with toys/activities that both children enjoy, but are not their favorite—once you see turn taking without challenging behavior, transition to their favorite toys/activities
  • Provide praise for appropriate behavior during turn taking, if necessary, provide attention or small snacks as rewards for asking, waiting, and giving the toy to their sibling—make sure to give to both siblings
  • Gradually increase the time for turns—30s, 45 s, 1 min, 1 min 30 s, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min….

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Requesting Missing Items

  1. Arrange the situation
  2. Identify activity with desired outcome
  3. Distribute materials
  4. Block grabbing
  5. Allow for request
  6. Prompt (if needed)
  7. Allow for giving materials
  8. Prompt (if needed)

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Requesting Missing Items

“Make yourself a cup of chocolate milk.”

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Requesting Missing Items

“Draw a picture.”

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Requesting Missing Items

“Build a tower with 4 different colored blocks.”

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Requesting Missing Items

  • What are some examples you can think of?

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Activity Schedules

“…a set of pictures or words that cues someone to engage in a sequence of activities.” (McClannahan & Krantz, 2010)

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We All Use Schedules…

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Schedule Formats

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Why Activity Schedules?

  • Promote Independence
  • Choice

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Joint Activity Schedules

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Joint Activity Schedules

  • Betz et al. (2008)
  • Taught dyads to follow a joint activity schedule
  • The peer “in charge” rotated and was designated by their picture at the top of the page
  • Script “Let’s play _____”.
  • 2 pages-prechosen activities & 2 pages-choice opportunities

Let’s play ___

Let’s play ___

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Peer Activity Schedules

  • Brodhead et al. (2014)
  • Taught three dyads of children with autism to play hide-and-seek using linked activity schedules
  • Linked activity schedules
    • Each participant in the dyad had his or her own activity schedule book
    • Each participant played the role of the hider and seeker twice

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Peer Activity Schedules

  • Seeker page
    • Script: “Go hide”
    • Numbers 1-20
    • A strip with two possible hiding locations
    • Script: “I found you”
  • Hider page
    • Picture of a hiding location
    • Script: “Oh no”

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Group Activity Schedules

  • Akers et al.(2019)
  • Taught three children with autism to play hide-and-seek with three typically developing peers using group activity schedules
  • Group activity schedules
    • Hider binder
    • Seeker binder

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Chores

Wipe the counter

Take out trash

Load dishwasher

Sweep the floor

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Chores

Wipe the counter

Take out trash

Load dishwasher

Sweep the floor

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Chores

Wipe the counter

Take out trash

Load dishwasher

Sweep the floor

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Sibling Activity Schedule

  • What activity/activities would you use for the sibling activity schedule?
  • How would you incorporate each sibling into the schedule?

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Activity schedule resources

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Resources for Sibs

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Thank you!

Monse Austin

monse_austin@baylor.edu

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Remington Swensson

Remi_swensson1@baylor.edu

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Lindsey Swafford

Lindsey_swafford2@baylor.edu