Dev Neurorehabil. 2017 Feb 2:1-9. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2016.1278054.
Efficacy of low intensity, therapist-implemented Project ImPACT for increasing social communication skills in young children with ASD
Ingersoll BR1, Wainer AL2, Berger NI1, Walton KM3.
Author information
- 1a Department of Psychology , Michigan State University , East Lansing , MI, USA.
- 2b AARTS Center , Rush University Medical Center , Chicago , IL , USA.
- 3c Nisonger Center , The Ohio State University , Columbus , OH , USA.
Abstract
Le projet ImPACT est une intervention comportementale développementale naturaliste (NDBI) pour les jeunes enfants avec TSA. Des recherches préliminaires appuient sa faisabilité et son efficacité en tant qu'interventions à médiation parentale; Cependant, son efficacité en tant qu'intervention de faible intensité, mise en œuvre par un thérapeute n'est pas claire. Un modèle à base de cas multiples a évalué l'effet de 2 h par semaine du projet ImPACT mis en œuvre par le thérapeute sur l'engagement social, le lagage et le jeu chez neuf enfants avec TSA. Les compétences linguistiques et de jeu ont été ciblées séparément pour cinq enfants et pour quatre enfants. Les enfants ont augmenté leurs taux d'engagement social et de lagage lorsque la langue ou le jeu était la seule cible et lorsque le langage et le jeu étaient ciblés ensemble; Cependant, les gains en compétences de jeu n'étaient évidents que lorsqu'ils étaient ciblés séparément. Cette étude appuie l'efficacité du projet ImPACT lorsqu'il est mis en œuvre par des thérapeutes à faible intensité et suggère la façon dont les compétences ciblées peuvent influer sur l'apprentissage des enfants.
Project ImPACT is a Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI) for young children with ASD. Preliminary research supports its feasibility and efficacy as a parent-mediated intervention; however, its efficacy as a low-intensity, therapist-implemented intervention is unclear. A single-case, multiple-baseline design evaluated the effect of 2 h per week of therapist-implemented Project ImPACT on social engagement, language, and play in nine children with ASD. Language and play skills were targeted separately for five children and together for four children. Children increased their rates of social engagement and language when language or play was the sole target and when language and play were targeted together; however, gains in play skills were evident only when they were targeted separately. This study provides support for the efficacy of the Project ImPACT when implemented by therapists at a low intensity and suggests the way in which skills are targeted can affect child learning.
Project ImPACT is a Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI) for young children with ASD. Preliminary research supports its feasibility and efficacy as a parent-mediated intervention; however, its efficacy as a low-intensity, therapist-implemented intervention is unclear. A single-case, multiple-baseline design evaluated the effect of 2 h per week of therapist-implemented Project ImPACT on social engagement, language, and play in nine children with ASD. Language and play skills were targeted separately for five children and together for four children. Children increased their rates of social engagement and language when language or play was the sole target and when language and play were targeted together; however, gains in play skills were evident only when they were targeted separately. This study provides support for the efficacy of the Project ImPACT when implemented by therapists at a low intensity and suggests the way in which skills are targeted can affect child learning.
- PMID: 28152327
- DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2016.1278054
