Teaching Caregivers to Support Social Communication: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial of Autistic Toddlers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of early caregiver-mediated interventions targeting social communication of young autistic children have yielded variable child outcomes. This study examined the effects of combining two caregiver-mediated interventions on caregiver strategy use and child social communication and language outcomes.

Method

This was a multisite parallel randomized controlled trial. Participants included 120 caregivers and their autistic children between 24 and 36 months of age. Dyads were randomly assigned to receive a hybrid intervention that combined Enhanced Milieu Teaching (EMT) and Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation (JASPER) or to a behavior management control condition, each delivered over 6 months. Caregivers in the JASP-EMT group received twic

SUBMITTER: Roberts MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature