scholarly journals Effects of Reciprocal Imitation Training on Social Communication Skills of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gökhan Töret ◽  
Emine Rüya Özmen
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Social Communication Skills ◽  
Reciprocal Imitation Training ◽  
Young Children With Autism ◽  
Reciprocal Imitation

Parents training parents: Lessons learned from a study of reciprocal imitation training in young children with autism spectrum disorder

Autism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1601-1606
Author(s):  
Trevor A Hall ◽  
Sarah Mastel ◽  
Robert Nickel ◽  
Allison Wainer
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Reciprocal Imitation Training ◽  
Young Children With Autism ◽  
Reciprocal Imitation

Parent-mediated interventions are cost-effective ways to increase access to appropriate treatment services to children with autism spectrum disorder. We aimed to engage parents working as partners within rural autism identification teams to facilitate prompt initiation of autism-specific treatment services and expand the amount of treatment available to young children with autism spectrum disorder. To do this, we sought to employ a two-phase training approach: (Phase 1) train parents to fidelity in an evidence-based parent-mediated intervention (reciprocal imitation training), and (Phase 2) evaluate the extent to which parents could effectively coach other parents of newly diagnosed children to implement reciprocal imitation training with their child. We experienced several unexpected barriers to completing all aspects of the Phase 1 training workflow. This led us to pivot toward a process evaluation. We used qualitative interviewing with our partner parents to systematically identify barriers and enhance the likelihood for successful future efforts at such an approach. The lessons we learned and recommendations for others attempting this type of research are presented.

Automated Measures to Understand Communication Opportunities for Young Children With Autism in the Community: A Pilot Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Little ◽  
Joanne P. Rojas ◽  
Anna Bard ◽  
Ying Luo ◽  
Dwight Irvin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Similar Amount ◽  
Social Communication Skills ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Young Children With Autism

Community participation is vital to children’s development and provides opportunities to practice social communication skills. Although previous studies suggest that young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience decreased community participation, there is little empirical evidence on the precise patterns of participation that may influence social communication opportunities. Therefore, this pilot study investigated the communication among families of children with ASD ( n = 5) versus typical development (TD; n = 5) across various community locations. We used automated, objective measures: the Language ENvironmental Analysis (LENA) system™ to measure the amount of communication and integrated this with a Global Positioning System (GPS; that is, Qstarz™) to measure community location. Results showed that families of children with ASD and TD spent a similar amount of time in community locations; however, there were differences in the amount of adult talk directed toward children with ASD versus TD across community locations. Findings suggest that automated measures may be successfully integrated to quantify social communication during community participation.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Play-Based Interventions Targeting the Social Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Educational Contexts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina O’Keeffe ◽  
Sinéad McNally
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Communication Skills ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The Social

AbstractChildren with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience social communication difficulties which can be compounded by increased social demands and expectations of the school environment. Play offers a unique context for social communication development in educational settings. This systematic review aimed to synthesize play-based interventions for the social communication skills of children with ASD in educational contexts and identified nine studies. Overall, studies in this review provided a promising evidence base for supporting social communication skills through play in education for children with ASD. The review also highlighted gaps in research on play-based interventions for the social communication skills of children with ASD within naturalistic educational settings.

Motor competency and social communication skills in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 893-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Craig ◽  
Alessandro Lorenzo ◽  
Elisabetta Lucarelli ◽  
Luigi Russo ◽  
Isabella Fanizza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Social Communication Skills
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