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Assessment of Social Interaction Behaviors
Published on: February 25, 2011
Preschool Deployment of Evidence-Based Social Communication Intervention: JASPER in the Classroom
Ya-Chih Chang1, Stephanie Y Shire2, Wendy Shih2
1California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA. ychang27@calstatela.edu.
Abstract:
Few research-developed early intervention models have been deployed to and tested in real world preschool programs. In this study, teaching staff implemented a social communication modularized intervention, JASPER, in their daily program. Sixty-six preschool children with autism in twelve classrooms (12 teachers) were randomized to receive immediate JASPER training (IT) or were waitlisted (WL) for 3 months with a 1-month follow up. Measures of core deficits (initiations of joint engagement, joint attention gestures and language, play skills) and standardized cognitive measures were improved for IT over WL children. IT teachers achieved and maintained high fidelity. Teachers can implement evidence-based interventions with significant improvements in core deficits of their children with ASD.
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