Using Relationship-Focused Intervention To Enhance the Social-Emotional Functioning of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Mahoney, Gerald; Perales, Frida

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ERIC Number: EJ673012

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Publication Date: 2003

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Using Relationship-Focused Intervention To Enhance the Social-Emotional Functioning of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Mahoney, Gerald; Perales, Frida

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v23 n2 p77-89 Sum 2003

This study investigated the effectiveness of a relationship-focused intervention on the socioemotional well-being of 20 young children with autism or pervasive developmental disorder. Weekly intervention sessions encouraged parents to use a responsive teaching curriculum to promote children's socioemotional development. The intervention resulted in increases in mothers' responsiveness and significant improvements in children's social interactions. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parents as Teachers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Social Development, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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