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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.)
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
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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