ERIC Number: EJ754166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep
Pages: 21
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 42
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1547-0350
Teaching Social Communication Skills to Young Urban Children with Autism
Loncola, Jennifer A.; Craig-Unkefer, Lesley
Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, v40 n3 p243-263 Sep 2005
This study examined effects of an intervention designed to improve the social-communication skills of children with autism. Five boys and one girl, with an age range of six to eight years and a diagnosis of autism, participated in the study. Children were paired in dyads and a multiple baseline design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan-play-report intervention. Unique because two children with autism received intervention at the same time, results indicated that the intervention was successful in increasing peer-directed commenting, language diversity, and complexity. Results of this study indicate that a plan-play-report intervention provided simultaneously to two children with autism is a viable method for improving the social communication skills of both children. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Young Children, Intervention, Communication Skills, Autism, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Communication, Teaching Methods
Division on Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, PO Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://www.dddcec.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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