Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, 105B Psychology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 Sep;40(9):1154-60. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-0966-2.
Children with autism exhibit significant deficits in imitation skills. Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT), a naturalistic imitation intervention, was developed to teach young children with autism to imitate during play. This study used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of RIT on elicited and spontaneous imitation skills in 21 young children with autism. Results found that children in the treatment group made significantly more gains in elicited and spontaneous imitation, replicating previous single-subject design studies. Number of spontaneous play acts at pre-treatment was related to improvements in imitation during the intervention, suggesting that children with a greater play repertoire make greater gains during RIT.
自闭症儿童在模仿技能方面存在明显缺陷。互惠模仿训练（RIT）是一种自然主义的模仿干预方法，旨在教授自闭症幼儿在游戏中模仿。本研究采用随机对照试验评估 RIT 对 21 名自闭症幼儿诱发和自发模仿技能的疗效。结果发现，治疗组儿童在诱发和自发模仿方面的进步明显更大，这与之前的单例设计研究结果一致。治疗前自发游戏行为的数量与干预期间模仿的改善有关，表明具有更大游戏 repertoire 的儿童在 RIT 中会取得更大的进步。
