PDF A Home Based, Peer Play Intervention Program for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder Download
- Author: Mindy M. Freson
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- Languages : en
- Pages : 160
This case study examined the turn taking interactions exhibited between a child identified with autism spectrum disorder and a typically developing peer of the same age. The subjects were involved in a peer play intervention program held in the home of the child with the identified disability. Measurements included the number of initiations turns made by each subject, the percentage of these initiations that were successful in leading to engagements, the number of turns per engagement for each subject, and the total number of turns for each subject per baseline across baselines. Further analysis looked at the percentage of continuous turns vs. discontinuous turns, and the different forms of continuous and discontinuous turns that were exhibited by each subject. The results showed that the typically developing peer increased in his initiations for engagement; however, the child with autism did not show a consistent pattern of change in his initiations across baselines. Neither subject demonstrated a consistent pattern of change in their percentages of successful initiations across baselines. Each subject demonstrated an increase in their mean and maximum number of turns per engagement during baselines that followed adult intervention. Both subjects also demonstrated an increase in their number of total turns per play session during baselines following adult intervention. Neither subject's percentage of continuous turns exhibited a consistent pattern of change across baselines.
