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Acquisition of Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Parental Training and Video Modeling

Daniela Bordini
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Ana Cláudia Moya
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Graccielle R Cunha
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Cristiane Silvestre Paula
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Décio Brunoni
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Helena Brentani
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Sheila C Caetano
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Jair de Jesus Mari
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Leila Bagaiolo
Version 1 : Received: 2 October 2023 / Approved: 3 October 2023 / Online: 3 October 2023 (10:35:14 CEST)

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Bordini, D.; Moya, A.C.; Asevedo, G.R.C.; Paula, C.S.; Brunoni, D.; Brentani, H.; Caetano, S.C.; Mari, J.J.; Bagaiolo, L. Exploring the Acquisition of Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism: Preliminary Findings from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Parent Training, and Video Modeling. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 172. Bordini, D.; Moya, A.C.; Asevedo, G.R.C.; Paula, C.S.; Brunoni, D.; Brentani, H.; Caetano, S.C.; Mari, J.J.; Bagaiolo, L. Exploring the Acquisition of Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism: Preliminary Findings from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Parent Training, and Video Modeling. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 172.

Abstract

Social communication skills, especially eye contact and joint attention, are highly impaired in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and predict functional outcomes. Applied Behavior Analysis is one of the best evidence-based treatments for ASD, but it is not accessible to most families in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as it is a costly and intensive and needs to be delivered by highly specialized professionals. Parental training has emerged as an effective alternative. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of a parental intervention group via video modeling to acquire eye contact and joint attention. Four graded measures of eye contact and joint attention (full physical prompt, partial physical prompt, gestural prompt, and independent) were assessed in 34 children with ASD and intellectual disability (ID). There was a progressive reduction in the level of prompt required over time to acquire eye contact and joint attention, and a positive correlation between the time of exposure to the intervention and acquisition of the abilities. This parent training using video modelling to teach eye contact and joint attention skills to children with ASD and ID is a low-cost intervention that can be applied in low- resource settings.

Keywords

autism spectrum disorders; applied behavior analysis; parent training; joint attention; video modelling

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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