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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012 Jul;16(4):398-405.
doi: 10.1177/1362361309360983. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

Object interest in autism spectrum disorder: a treatment comparison

Andrea S McDuffie  1 , Rebecca G Lieberman, Paul J Yoder
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Object interest in autism spectrum disorder: a treatment comparison

Andrea S McDuffie et al. Autism. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

A randomized control trial comparing two social communication treatments for children with autism spectrum disorder examined the effect of treatment on object interest. Thirty-two children, 18-60 months, were randomly assigned to the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) or Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT) condition. Assessment of object interest was conducted in an unstructured play session with different toys, activities, adult, and location than experienced in treatment. Results indicated children in the RPMT condition showed greater increases in object interest as compared to children in the PECS condition. Because child characteristics such as interest in objects may influence response to interventions using object play as contexts for treatment, it is important to improve our understanding of whether intervention can affect object interest.

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