Preschool Based JASPER Intervention in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism: Pilot RCT
Kelly Stickles Goods Eric Ishijima, Ya-Chih Chang, and Connie Kasari In this pilot study, we tested the effects of a novel intervention (JASPER, Joint Attention Symbolic Play Engagement and Regulation) on three to 5 year old, minimally verbal children with autism who were attending a non-public preschool.
Tag: early intervention
Getting SMARTer About Personalizing Interventions for Children with ASD
Approximately 30-40% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain minimally verbal, even after receiving years of interventions and a range of educational opportunities. New innovations in behavioral treatment include methodologies that personalize intervention based on child response. In this talk we described the application of these new methods, called Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMARTs), to minimally verbal children with ASD.
Parent and Child Early (PACE) Coaching Project
In 2016, ACT- Autism Community Training received funding from the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to support the implementation of the PACE Coaching Project and to serve as its administrative home.
Potential neural mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder. – PubMed – NCBI
Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Nov;35(11):2921-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.027. Epub 2014 Aug 8. Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Review
Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: Empirically Validated Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder. – PubMed – NCBI
J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Aug;45(8):2411-28. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2407-8.