Abstract

SANCHES, Poliana Fernandes Mesquita; EITERER, Patricia  and  SOUZA, Silvia Regina de. Teaching Pre-Requisite Behaviors of Empathizing for Autistic Children: a Scope Review. Rev. bras. educ. espec. [online]. 2024, vol.30, e0098.  Epub Apr 14, 2024. ISSN 1980-5470.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-54702024v30e0098.

This study aimed to identify, systematize and evaluate which strategies have been used in Behavior Analysis to teach pre-requisite behaviors for empathizing in children with autism. For this, the following steps were performed: definition of keywords and databases; establishment of inclusion and exclusion criteria for the articles; search and selection of articles; and data analysis, which consisted of analyzing the individual and general quality of the articles and systematizing and analyzing the data of the articles (e.g., year of publication, procedure used, etc.). Eleven articles were selected for analysis. All articles taught one or more empathetic responses, but only two of them used the terminology “empathy” in the objective description. The lack of consensus on the definition of the term makes it difficult to find texts on empathy. As for the quality of the retrieved articles, it was evaluated as high. Given the importance of the topic, it is suggested that future studies develop more embracing searches on teaching empathy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Keywords : Empathy; Autism; Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Scope review; Social skills.

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