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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2013 Mar;43(3):540-55.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-012-1584-y.

A parent-mediated intervention to increase responsive parental behaviors and child communication in children with ASD: a randomized clinical trial

Michael Siller  1 , Ted Hutman, Marian Sigman
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A parent-mediated intervention to increase responsive parental behaviors and child communication in children with ASD: a randomized clinical trial

Michael Siller et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

Longitudinal research has demonstrated that responsive parental behaviors reliably predict subsequent language gains in children with autism spectrum disorder. To investigate the underlying causal mechanisms, we conducted a randomized clinical trial of an experimental intervention (Focused Playtime Intervention, FPI) that aims to enhance responsive parental communication (N = 70). Results showed a significant treatment effect of FPI on responsive parental behaviors. Findings also revealed a conditional effect of FPI on children's expressive language outcomes at 12-month follow up, suggesting that children with baseline language skills below 12 months (n = 24) are most likely to benefit from FPI. Parents of children with more advanced language skills may require intervention strategies that go beyond FPI's focus on responsive communication.

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Participant recruitment, enrollment, randomization, and retention
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Interaction plots: a) group-by-insightfulness interaction predicting residual gains in maternal synchronization between baseline and exit, b) group-by-baseline language interaction plot predicting gains in expressive language between baseline and 12 month follow up.
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