Teaching young nonverbal children with autism useful speech: a pilot study of the Denver Model and PROMPT interventions.
This single subject design study examined two models of intervention: Denver Model (which merges behavioral, developmental, and relationship-oriented intervention), and PROMPT (a neuro-developmental approach for speech production disorders). Ten young, nonverbal children with autism were matched in pairs and randomized to treatment. They received 12 1-h weekly sessions of therapy and daily 1-h home intervention delivered by parents. Fidelity criteria were maintained throughout. Eight of the ten children used five or more novel, functional words spontaneously and spoke multiple times per hour by the conclusion of treatment. There were no differences in acquired language skills by intervention group. Initial characteristics of the best responders were mild to moderate symptoms of autism, better motor imitation skills, and emerging joint attention skills.
Rogers
Sally J
SJ
M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. sally.rogers@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Hayden
Deborah
D
Hepburn
Susan
S
Charlifue-Smith
Renee
R
Hall
Terry
T
Hayes
Athena
A
D001288:Attention; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007808:Language Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010700:Phonetics; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012073:Remedial Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*