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The feasibility and appropriateness of a peer-to-peer, play-based intervention for improving pragmatic language in children with autism spectrum disorder.
- Source :
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; Aug2019, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p412-424, 13p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose: This study trialled a play-based, peer-to-peer intervention with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to identify suitable instruments for measuring changes in pragmatic language following the intervention, and evaluate preliminary effectiveness. It also aimed to investigate the appropriateness of the intervention for participants. Method: Ten children with ASD, their typically developing peers, and parents participated. The Pragmatics Observational Measure (POM), Social Emotional Evaluation (SEE) and Profiling Elements of Prosody in Speech Communication (PEPS-C) measured the participant's social communication skills before, after, and 2-months following the intervention. Parent interviews were conducted two months after the intervention and responses were analysed using a thematic approach. Result: Children demonstrated gains in pragmatic language on the POM (χ<superscript>2</superscript>(3) = 11.160, p = 0.011) and related higher-level language on the SEE (χ<superscript>2</superscript>(2) = 6.686, p = 0.035). The PEPS-C did not produce any significant results. Parent interview responses indicated the intervention was appropriate for the children and families involved. Conclusion: The intervention warrants further investigation of effectiveness with a more robust research design. Consideration should be given to using observational measures of pragmatic language away from the clinic environment to evaluate generalisation, and future development of the intervention might consider variations in playmates and group size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TREATMENT of autism
CHI-squared test
COMMUNICATIVE competence
INTERVIEWING
NONPARAMETRIC statistics
PARENTS
PLAY therapy
SPEECH therapy
STATISTICS
AFFINITY groups
DATA analysis
PEERS
THEMATIC analysis
TREATMENT effectiveness
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
FRIEDMAN test (Statistics)
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17549507
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138886688
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1492630