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Brief Report: Caregiver Strategy ImplementationâAdvancing Spoken Communication in Children Who are Minimally Verbal
Increasing Responsive ParentâChild Interactions and Joint Engagement: Comparing the Influence of Parent-Mediated Intervention and Parent Psychoeducation
Enhancing immediate and contingent responding by caregivers to childrenâs signals is an important strategy to support social interactions between caregivers and their children with autism. Yet, there has been limited examination of parentsâ responsive behaviour in association with childrenâs social behaviour post caregiver-mediated intervention. Eighty-five dyads were randomized to one of two 10-week caregiver-training interventions. Parentâchild play interactions were coded for parental responsivity and childrenâs joint engagement. Significant gains in responsivity and time jointly engaged were found post JASPER parent-mediated intervention over a psychoeducation intervention. Further, combining higher levels of responsive behaviour with greater adoption of intervention strategies was associated with greater time jointly engaged. Findings encourage a focus on enhancing responsive behaviour in parent-mediated intervention models