The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a comic strip conversation intervention on
academic engagement behaviors of elementary school students with autism spectrum disorders. The subjects
were two upper elementary-aged male students with autism spectrum disorders Multiple probe design
across subjects was used to assess the academic engagement behaviors, and the procedures were composed
of baseline, intervention, generalization, and maintenance phases. The comic strip conversion intervention
was implemented in the special education classroom for 3-5 times in a week. The special education
teacher provided one-to-one instruction to the subject. The data for generalization was collected in regular
classroom after intervention termination, and the data for maintenance was collected after two weeks of
intervention termination. The results were as follows. First, the comic strip conversation intervention had
positive impact on the rate of academic engagement behaviors of the subjects with autism spectrum
disorders. Second, the effects of the intervention were generalized in regular classroom setting. Third, the
effects of the intervention were maintained after the completion of the intervention. These results imply
that the comic strip conversation intervention is helpful to improve the academic engagement behaviors of
elementary school students with autism spectrum disorders.