Department of Special Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2024 Apr-May;27(3-4):83-92. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2024.2347995. Epub 2024 May 6.
Lack of eye contact and imitation deficits are frequently targeted in behavioral interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this study, we examined the effects of prompting and modeling on the imitation skills and eye contact of three Arabic-speaking young children with ASD in Syria. A multiple baseline design with a withdrawal component was used to evaluate the effects of the intervention in a clinical setting, at a center for children with special needs, and in follow-up sessions conducted in the participants' homes. All participants' imitative responses and eye contact increased when prompting and modeling were used. Our findings support the effectiveness of prompting and modeling on imitation skills.
目光接触和模仿缺陷是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童行为干预的常见目标。在这项研究中，我们考察了提示和模仿对 3 名来自叙利亚的阿拉伯语 ASD 儿童的模仿技能和目光接触的影响。在临床环境中，在特殊需要儿童中心进行的一项具有撤出部分的多基线设计，评估了干预措施的效果，并在参与者的家中进行了后续会议。当使用提示和模仿时，所有参与者的模仿反应和目光接触都增加了。我们的研究结果支持提示和模仿对模仿技能的有效性。
