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This article presents information on an indirect method for increasing the rate of social interaction in autistic child. This article will address only one dimension of the autistic syndrome, the characteristically low frequency of social interaction. The problem of low rates of social interaction has been investigated not only in relation to autistic children but with other types of populations as well. Social scientists increased the number of social interaction of three withdrawn mental patients by prompting and directly reinforcing such behavior. The tedious process of prompting and shaping social speech, however, is unnecessary in cases in which the relevant skills are already in the S's repertoire, but are manifested at a very low rate.