Storybook reading with young children with autism: a parent-implemented communication intervention

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience delays in their ability to speak and communicate with their parents, peers, and others. These children often benefit from evidence-based, parent-implemented communication interventions. One parent was trained and coached to use evidenced-based naturalistic communication teaching strategies (i.e., modeling, mand-model, and time delay) and storybook reading techniques while reading books with her child with ASD. Using a multiple-baseline design across naturalistic teaching strategies, the following three study components were examined, (a) the parent’s use of book reading techniques, (b) the parent’s rate and fidelity (quality) in using of the three naturalistic teaching strategies, and (c) perceptions of the parent and other adults (college students and practitioners) about the social validity of the goals, procedures, and outcomes of the intervention. The entire intervention period lasted 10 weeks. After training and coaching, the parent used the modeling, mand-model, and time delay strategies with higher rates and higher fidelity. The child initiated more communicative acts upon the parent’s use of time delay and increased her number of single-word responses. The parent believed that the intervention strategies supported her and led to improvements in her child’s communication skills. Adult raters evaluated intervention video clips significantly higher than baseline video clips on aspects of parent-child social engagement, child language, and the parent’s ability to facilitate the child’s communication.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Special Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Akamoglu, Yusuf

Contributors dc:contributor

• Meadan-Kaplansky, Hedda
• Ostrosky, Michaelene M.
• Halle, James W.
• Woods, Juliann J.

• parent-implemented intervention, training and coaching, social-communication skills, naturalistic, storybook reading, intervention

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2017 Yusuf Akamoglu

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99172

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/99172