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.