Improving Question-Asking Initiations in Young Children with Autism Using Pivotal Response Treatment

• Published in: Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 816 - 827
• Main Authors: Koegel, Robert L., Bradshaw, Jessica L., Ashbaugh, Kristen, Koegel, Lynn Kern
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.04.2014; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adjustment (to Environment); Autism; Autistic children; Autistic spectrum disorders; Behavior Therapy - methods; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Care and treatment; Child and School Psychology; Child clinical studies; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology; Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - therapy; Child, Preschool; Communication; Communication Skills; Communication Strategies; Demographic aspects; Developmental disorders; Educational Strategies; Efficacy; Health aspects; Humans; Improvement Programs; Infantile autism; Initiation; Interaction; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relations; Intervention; Language Acquisition; Language Skills; Male; Medical sciences; Motivation; Motivation Techniques; Neurosciences; Original Paper; Outcomes of Treatment; Patient outcomes; Pediatrics; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Preschool Children; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public Health; Questioning Techniques; Social Behavior; Social Cognition; Social interaction; Teenagers; Training Methods; Treatment Outcome; Vocabulary Development; Young Children; Youth; United States; Initiations; Early intervention; Question-asking; Motivation; Pivotal response treatment; Autism spectrum disorder; Human; Developmental disorder; Autism; Pervasive developmental disorder; Treatment; Early; Child

Social initiations make up a core deficit for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In particular, initiated questions during social interactions are often minimal or absent in this population. In the context of a multiple baseline design, the efficacy of using the motivational procedures of...