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ERIC Number: EJ1178770
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Apr
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Short Play and Communication Evaluation: Teachers' Assessment of Core Social Communication and Play Skills with Young Children with Autism
Shire, Stephanie Y.; Shih, Wendy; Chang, Ya-Chih; Kasari, Connie
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v22 n3 p299-310 Apr 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder experience delays in the development of nonverbal social communication gestures to request and to share (joint attention) as well as play skills such that intervention is required. Although such tools exist in research settings, community stakeholders also require access to brief, simple, and reliable tools to assess students' skills and set appropriate intervention targets. This study includes a sequence of two trials to examine implementation outcomes including adoption, fidelity, and feasibility of The Short Play and Communication Evaluation by educational professionals who work with preschoolers and toddlers with autism spectrum disorder in low-resource community classrooms. Findings demonstrate that classroom staff can deliver the Short Play and Communication Evaluation with high fidelity, collect live data, and set appropriate social communication and play skill targets for use in intervention. Furthermore, study 2 demonstrates that modifications to the study protocol resolved differences in children's skill profile obtained from the established research measures.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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