Based on what is known about the characteristics of autism, which of the following therapy techniques would be most effective in encouraging a child with autism to make appropriate eye contact with a therapist?
A) play therapy, where the child with autism could first see eye contact modelled with dolls
B) behavioural modelling, where the child with autism could watch as an adult and a child without autism modelled eye contact
C) reinforcement with food, where a therapist could give a small food reward each time the child with autism made appropriate eye contact
D) drug therapy, where the child with autism would be put on a GABA agonist medication to reduce self-stimulatory behaviours; reducing inappropriate behaviours can lead to the expression of more appropriate behaviours like making eye contact
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