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. 2010 Feb;40(2):200-8.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0848-7. Epub 2009 Aug 15.

The sequential relationship between parent attentional cues and sustained attention to objects in young children with autism

Nicolette Bainbridge Brigham  1 , Paul J Yoder, Melanie A Jarzynka, Jon Tapp
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The sequential relationship between parent attentional cues and sustained attention to objects in young children with autism

Nicolette Bainbridge Brigham et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

This study examined the sequential relationship between parent attentional cues and sustained attention to objects in young children with autism during a 20 min free-play interaction session. Twenty-five parent-child dyads with a preschool child with autism participated. Results indicated that (a) parent attentional cues that maintained the child's focus of attention were more likely to support child sustained object attention than parent attentional cues that redirected the child from his or her focus of attention or introduced a new focus of attention (d = 4.46), and (b) parent attentional cues that included three or more parent behaviors were more likely to support child sustained object attention than parent attentional cues that included one or two parent behaviors (d = 1.03).

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