Mutual Gaze: An Active Ingredient for Social Development in Toddlers with ASD: A Randomized Control Trial

Mutual Gaze: An Active Ingredient for Social Development in Toddlers with ASD: A Randomized Control Trial

We examined the efficacy of an early autism intervention for use in early childhood intervention (ECI) and mutual gaze as a contributor to social development. Seventy-eight families were randomly assigned to one of three 12-week interventions: Pathways (with a mutual gaze component), communication,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2021-06, Vol.51 (6), p.1921-1938
Hauptverfasser: Rollins, Pamela Rosenthal, De Froy, Adrienne, Campbell, Michelle, Hoffman, Renee Thibodeau
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adaptive behavior
Attention
Autism
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Care and treatment
Child and School Psychology
Childhood
Children
Clinical trials
Communication
Diagnosis
Early childhood education
Early intervention
Efficacy
Eye contact
Eye Movements
Health aspects
Interpersonal Communication
Intervention
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Physiological aspects
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Psychology, Developmental
Public Health
Social aspects
Social change
Social Development
Social interactions
Social Sciences
Synchrony
Toddlers
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Zusammenfassung:We examined the efficacy of an early autism intervention for use in early childhood intervention (ECI) and mutual gaze as a contributor to social development. Seventy-eight families were randomly assigned to one of three 12-week interventions: Pathways (with a mutual gaze component), communication, or services-as-usual (SAU). The Pathways/SAU comparison concerned the efficacy of Pathways for ECI, and the Pathways/communication comparison, mutual gaze. The Pathways group made significantly more change on social measures, communicative synchrony, and adaptive functioning compared with the SAU group and on social measures compared with the communication group. There were no group differences for communicative acts. The results support Pathways as a potential ECI program and mutual gaze as an active ingredient for social and communication development.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-020-04672-4