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Efficacy of the ASAP Intervention for Preschoolers with ASD: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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Boyd, Brian A.; Watson, Linda R.; Reszka, Stephanie S.; Sideris, John; Alessandri, Michael; Baranek, Grace T.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Donaldson, Amy; Gutierrez, Anibal; Johnson, LeAnne; Belardi, Katie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The advancing social-communication and play (ASAP) intervention was designed as a classroom-based intervention, in which the educational teams serving preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder are trained to implement the intervention in order to improve these children's social-communication and play skills. In this 4-year, multi-site…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Intervention, Autism
A Randomized Trial Comparison of the Effects of Verbal and Pictorial Naturalistic Communication Strategies on Spoken Language for Young Children with Autism
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Schreibman, Laura; Stahmer, Aubyn C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Presently there is no consensus on the specific behavioral treatment of choice for targeting language in young nonverbal children with autism. This randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of a verbally-based intervention, Pivotal Response Training (PRT) to a pictorially-based behavioral intervention, the Picture Exchange Communication…
Descriptors: Autism, Young Children, Nonverbal Communication, Responses