Multi-Component Communication Intervention for Children with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Hampton, Lauren H.; Kaiser, Ann P.; Fuller, Elizabeth A.
Titel	Multi-Component Communication Intervention for Children with Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 24 (2020) 8, S.2104-2116 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hampton, Lauren H.) ORCID (Fuller, Elizabeth A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361320934558
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Intervention; Communication Skills; Language Impairments; Interpersonal Communication; Preschool Children; Caregiver Training; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Cognitive Ability; Motor Development; Attention; Outcomes of Treatment; Mullen Scales of Early Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Kommunikationsstil; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Denkfähigkeit; Motorische Entwicklung; Aufmerksamkeit
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01