title: Teaching young nonverbal children with autism useful speech: a pilot study of the Denver Model and PROMPT interventions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. sally.rogers@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Sally J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hepburn
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Charlifue-Smith
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: 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*