Measuring Change in Social Interaction Skills of Young Children with Autism

Autor/in	Cunningham, Allison B.
Titel	Measuring Change in Social Interaction Skills of Young Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (2012) 4, S.593-605 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-011-1280-3
Schlagwörter	Research Needs; Autism; Young Children; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Social Development; Skill Development; Social Behavior; Research Methodology; Test Construction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsbedarf; Autismus; Frühe Kindheit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Soziale Entwicklung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Testaufbau
Abstract	Designing effective treatments for improving early social behaviors in autism has been identified as a critical research need. One barrier to drawing conclusions about optimal treatments for children with autism is the use of highly varied dependent measures in the treatment literature. Contributing to this is the absence of "gold standard" assessment batteries. This is particularly true for assessing changes in social interaction impairments in very young children with autism. This paper addresses this issue by reviewing variables important in the development and evaluation of assessment measures, discussing previous studies' choices of socially-related dependent measures, and the strengths, limitations, and research questions pertaining to them. It concludes with recommendations for measurement selection and future directions for research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10