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Current research into strategies for children with ASD indicates that the most efficient and effective interventions for these children include the following characteristics: (a) attention to student motivation, (b) teaching the student to respond to a variety of cues, (c) self-instruction procedures, and (d) teaching the student to learn through initiating to others (Koegel et al., 2001). These are known as pivotal areas of instruction for individuals with ASD and make up an approach called Pivotal Response Intervention (PRI).

1) Children have the opportunity to make choices throughout the teaching session.

2) Alternating between mastered tasks and novel ones.

3) The child’s attempts are reinforced as are his/her accurate responses.