Kent, Cally, Cordier, Reinie, Joosten, Annette, Wilkes-Gillan, Sarah and Bundy, Anita (2021) Can I Learn to Play? Randomized Control Trial to Assess Effectiveness of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (6). pp. 1823-1838. ISSN 0162-3257
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Abstract
Play is often used in interventions to improve social outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Play is a primary occupation of childhood and, therefore, an important outcome of intervention. The Ultimate Guide to Play, Language and Friendship (PLF) is a peer-mediated intervention for 6–11-year-old children with ASD. A total of 68 dyads were randomized to either a 10-week treatment first or waitlist control group. Results revealed a significant moderate intervention effect from pre- to post-intervention, which was maintained to the 3-month follow-up clinic session and generalized to the home environment. The findings support that the PLF intervention can be used to positively improve play in 6–11-year-old children with ASD. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, https://www.anzctr.org.au/ (ACTRN12615000008527; Universal Trial Number: U1111-1165-2708).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Autism, Play, Intervention, Video modeling |
| Subjects: | B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine X900 Others in Education |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2020 13:24 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2021 03:30 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44455 |
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