Effectiveness of peer-mediated intervention on social skills for children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer-mediated intervention (PMI) is an intervention that teaches normally developing peers to help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) actively participate in social interactions. Previous studies have shown that PMI applied to school settings is effective for children with ASD, but more multiple-baseline single-subject design. Many questions are still not clear due to the large clinical variability in children with ASD. This study investigated the effectiveness of PMI on social skills of children with ASD at varying symptom levels and analyzed the specific changes.

Methods

This study used a randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled design to analyze the effect of PMI in a hospital setting. Fifty-five children aged 4-12 years were diagnosed with ASD b

SUBMITTER: Zhang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature