Increasing Early Social-Communicative Skills of Preverbal Preschool Children with Autism through Social Interactive Training.

Hwang, Bogseon; Hughes, Carolyn

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ERIC Number: EJ608081

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Increasing Early Social-Communicative Skills of Preverbal Preschool Children with Autism through Social Interactive Training.

Hwang, Bogseon; Hughes, Carolyn

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, v25 n1 p18-28 Spr 2000

A social interactive training program that focused on eye contact, joint attention, and motor imitation was implemented during regular classroom activities with three preverbal preschool children with autism. Increases in target behaviors and generalization of eye contact and motor imitation behaviors were observed. Social validation measures by 30 raters indicated that perceived positive changes in child behaviors had occurred. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Behavior Change, Eye Contact, Generalization, Imitation, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Nonverbal Communication, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Social Development, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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