Beyond intervention into daily life: A systematic review of generalisation following social communication interventions for young children with autism.

ABSTRACT: Researchers have generally considered autistic individuals to have difficulties generalising learned skills across novel contexts. Successful generalisation is necessary for an intervention to have benefits in everyday life beyond the original learning environment. We conducted a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of early social communication interventions for children with autism in order to explore generalisation and its measurement. We identified nine RCTs that provided evidence of initial target learning and measured generalisation, of which eight demonstrated at least some successful generalisation across people, settings, and/or activities. The findings did not support the widely reported generalisation 'difficulties' associated with autism. However, generalisation wa

SUBMITTER: Carruthers S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187421 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature