Hampton Lauren H, Harty Michal, Fuller Elizabeth A, Kaiser Ann P
Department of Special Education, The Kidtalk Project, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2019 Dec;21(6):635-645. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1559357. Epub 2019 Feb 6.
: Efficient and effective interventions are required to meet the communication needs of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). However, most children with ASD living in South Africa do not receive individualised interventions.: This multiple baseline study examined the effects of therapist-implemented enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) on the diversity and frequency of spoken language of three children with ASD in South Africa.: A moderate functional relation was demonstrated between the introduction of EMT and increases in (1) the number of different words and (2) the number of spontaneous utterances used by each participant. Some evidence of generalisation to novel partners and contexts was observed.: Results indicated that EMT may be effective for improving communication in South African children with ASD. Implications for clinical practice and cultural and linguistic adaptations are discussed.
需要高效且有效的干预措施来满足自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的沟通需求。然而，大多数生活在南非的ASD儿童并未接受个性化干预。
这项多基线研究考察了治疗师实施的强化情境教学（EMT）对南非三名ASD儿童口语多样性和频率的影响。
在引入EMT与（1）每个参与者使用的不同单词数量增加以及（2）自发话语数量增加之间显示出适度的功能关系。观察到了向新伙伴和情境泛化的一些证据。
结果表明，EMT可能对改善南非ASD儿童的沟通有效。讨论了对临床实践以及文化和语言适应性的启示。
