Predicting Responsiveness to Imitation Intervention

预测对模仿干预的反应

• 批准号: 6526522
• 负责人: WENDY L. STONE
• 金额: $ 15.1万
• 依托单位: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6526522
• 关键词: autism; behavior prediction; behavior therapy; behavioral /social science research tag; diagnosis design /evaluation; human subject; human therapy evaluation; imitative behavior; longitudinal human study; mental disorder diagnosis; patient oriented research; preschool child (1-5); psychomotor function

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Most of the treatment literature for young children with autism consists of either full-scale, comprehensive intervention programs evaluated on broad outcomes, or highly specialized interventions evaluated on narrowly focused outcomes. Neither approach has succeeded in describing for whom, and under what conditions, a given intervention should be used. The present project will describe a sequential approach for identifying and testing potential predictors of responsiveness to interventions for specific skill deficits. Motor imitation is the core skill addressed in this project, because it not only plays a pivotal role in the social and cognitive development of children with typical development, but also has been described as a core deficit for young children with autism. Three studies will be conducted with 2- and 3-year-old children with autism. Study 1 will identify which organismic factors (i.e., developmental precursors of the target skill) and environmental factors (e.g., family risks and opportunities) are predictors of motor imitation development, using a longitudinal correlational design. Study 2 will evaluate the effectiveness of a novel imitation intervention that combines both contingent imitation and embedded trials, on children who are high on the predictors identified in Study 1. Study 3 will determine whether the intervention is differentially effective in increasing generalized imitation in children who score high and low on the predictor skills. The results of this research will have implications for the design of interventions for other core deficits of autism.

描述（由申请人提供）：大多数针对年轻人的治疗文献 自闭症儿童包括全面、综合的干预 根据广泛的成果或高度专业化的干预措施进行评估的计划 根据狭隘的结果进行评估。这两种方法都没有成功 描述特定的干预措施应该针对谁、在什么条件下进行 用过的。本项目将描述一种顺序方法来识别 并测试对干预措施反应的潜在预测因素 特定技能缺陷。运动模仿是本文讨论的核心技能 项目，因为它不仅在社会和认知方面发挥着关键作用 儿童的发育具有典型的发育特征，而且也得到了描述 作为自闭症幼儿的核心缺陷。三项研究将 对 2 岁和 3 岁的自闭症儿童进行了研究。研究 1 将确定 哪些有机因素（即目标技能的发展前兆） 和环境因素（例如家庭风险和机会）是预测因素 运动模仿发展，使用纵向相关设计。 研究 2 将评估一种新颖的模仿干预措施的有效性，该干预措施 结合了偶然模仿和嵌入式试验，对那些 研究 1 中确定的预测因子很高。研究 3 将确定是否 干预措施在提高普遍性方面的效果不同 预测技能得分高或低的儿童的模仿行为。这 这项研究的结果将对干预措施的设计产生影响 自闭症的其他核心缺陷。