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ERIC Number: EJ1269966
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Multi-Component Communication Intervention for Children with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v24 n8 p2104-2116 Nov 2020
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-component communication intervention on social communication for young children with autism. As many as half of children with autism are not yet talking by age 3, and up to a third of children with autism will remain minimally verbal past age 5. Spoken language outcomes are greatest when parents and clinicians are delivering language interventions to children with autism as compared to parents or clinicians alone. This study incorporates caregiver training, Discrete Trial Teaching, and JASP+EMT+SGD. A total of 68 children between ages 3 and 5 with autism, and their caregivers, participated in this study. Children were randomly assigned to the treatment or control group. Children in the treatment group received 36 sessions of the multi-component intervention in the clinic and at home. Children in both groups received a speech-generating device and the caregivers received an individualized training on how to program the speech-generating device. All participants were evaluated prior to intervention, immediately following intervention, and 4months following intervention. Children in the intervention group demonstrated significantly greater joint attention than those in the control group immediately following intervention. Children in the intervention group, additionally, demonstrated greater social communication with their caregivers 4months following intervention. This brief, multi-component intervention may be effective for improving social communication in young children with autism who are at risk for remaining minimally verbal. Future research is needed to understand for whom and under what conditions this intervention is most effective.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS); Department of Education (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Mullen Scales of Early Learning
Grant or Contract Numbers: 5R40MC27707; H325D070075
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