Cargando…

Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are effective strategies to foster socialization of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in natural settings. However, research examining the efficacy of peer mediation for students with ASD who have the greatest cognitive and language...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Briet, Gaëtan, Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd, Seveno, Tanguy, Le Marec, Olivier, Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415231204837
_version_ 1785123582155685888
author Briet, Gaëtan
Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd
Seveno, Tanguy
Le Marec, Olivier
Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine
author_facet Briet, Gaëtan
Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd
Seveno, Tanguy
Le Marec, Olivier
Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine
author_sort Briet, Gaëtan
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are effective strategies to foster socialization of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in natural settings. However, research examining the efficacy of peer mediation for students with ASD who have the greatest cognitive and language impairments remains limited. Additionally, previous studies essentially targeted communicative abilities of participants. To address this gap, the present study evaluated the effects of a play-based PMI on three socio-communicative skills (play, social engagement and imitation) of minimally verbal students with ASD who also have a comorbidity of intellectual disability (ID). METHODS: Seven children with ASD attending ordinary school settings and 14 typically developing (TD) preschoolers participated. Seven single-sex groups were formed, and children played together during two 30 min weekly sessions. TD children were trained according to the principles of the integrated play group model. We used a multiple-baseline design across participants to measure the effects of the intervention on play skills, social engagement and motor imitation of students with ASD. RESULTS: Outcomes revealed an intervention effect for most of the participants, despite some variations across children. After the peer training, four children increased their duration of functional/symbolic play, six children improved their duration of interactive play and five children increased their rates of motor imitation. Concerning maintenance gains, inter-individual differences are also important. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: These findings suggest that a play-based PMI may be a feasible option for targeting inclusive education and improving socio-communicative skills of some minimally verbal students with ASD who also have an ID. However, variations across children invite further research to clarify how individual factors can moderate the effects of PMIs in children with ASD who are the most impaired.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10588431
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher SAGE Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105884312023-10-21 Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder Briet, Gaëtan Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd Seveno, Tanguy Le Marec, Olivier Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine Autism Dev Lang Impair Research Article BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are effective strategies to foster socialization of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in natural settings. However, research examining the efficacy of peer mediation for students with ASD who have the greatest cognitive and language impairments remains limited. Additionally, previous studies essentially targeted communicative abilities of participants. To address this gap, the present study evaluated the effects of a play-based PMI on three socio-communicative skills (play, social engagement and imitation) of minimally verbal students with ASD who also have a comorbidity of intellectual disability (ID). METHODS: Seven children with ASD attending ordinary school settings and 14 typically developing (TD) preschoolers participated. Seven single-sex groups were formed, and children played together during two 30 min weekly sessions. TD children were trained according to the principles of the integrated play group model. We used a multiple-baseline design across participants to measure the effects of the intervention on play skills, social engagement and motor imitation of students with ASD. RESULTS: Outcomes revealed an intervention effect for most of the participants, despite some variations across children. After the peer training, four children increased their duration of functional/symbolic play, six children improved their duration of interactive play and five children increased their rates of motor imitation. Concerning maintenance gains, inter-individual differences are also important. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: These findings suggest that a play-based PMI may be a feasible option for targeting inclusive education and improving socio-communicative skills of some minimally verbal students with ASD who also have an ID. However, variations across children invite further research to clarify how individual factors can moderate the effects of PMIs in children with ASD who are the most impaired. SAGE Publications 2023-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10588431/ /pubmed/37869262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415231204837 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Research Article
Briet, Gaëtan
Le Maner-Idrissi, Gaïd
Seveno, Tanguy
Le Marec, Olivier
Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine
Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title_full Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title_fullStr Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title_full_unstemmed Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title_short Peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism Spectrum disorder
title_sort peer mediation in play settings for minimally verbal students with autism spectrum disorder
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37869262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969415231204837
work_keys_str_mv AT brietgaetan peermediationinplaysettingsforminimallyverbalstudentswithautismspectrumdisorder
AT lemaneridrissigaid peermediationinplaysettingsforminimallyverbalstudentswithautismspectrumdisorder
AT sevenotanguy peermediationinplaysettingsforminimallyverbalstudentswithautismspectrumdisorder
AT lemarecolivier peermediationinplaysettingsforminimallyverbalstudentswithautismspectrumdisorder
AT lesournbissaouisandrine peermediationinplaysettingsforminimallyverbalstudentswithautismspectrumdisorder