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Front Psychol. 2019 Aug 27;10:1960. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01960. eCollection 2019.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Play-Based, Peer-Mediated Pragmatic Language Intervention for Children With Autism.

Frontiers in psychology

Lauren Parsons, Reinie Cordier, Natalie Munro, Annette Joosten

Affiliations

  1. School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia.
  2. Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
  3. Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia.
  4. School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 31611828 PMCID: PMC6776827 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01960

Abstract

PURPOSE: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a play-based pragmatic language intervention for children with autism.

METHODS: A sample of 71 children with autism were randomized to an intervention-first group (

RESULTS: POM-2 gains were greatest for intervention-first participants (

CONCLUSION: Findings support the combination of play, peer-mediation, video-feedback and parent training to enhance pragmatic language in children with autism.

Copyright © 2019 Parsons, Cordier, Munro and Joosten.

Keywords: autism (ASD); intervention development; school-age; social communication; video-modeling

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