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RESEARCH

Toddlers With Autism Show Improved Social Skills Following Targeted

Intervention

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ScienceDaily — Targeting the core social

deficits of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in early intervention

programs yielded sustained improvements in social and communication

skills even in very young children who have ASD, according to a study

funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the

National Institutes of Health.

The study was published online December

8, 2010, in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Although some research suggests that ASD

may be reliably diagnosed earlier than the current average age of 3

years, few interventions have been tested in children younger than 3.

During the course of typical

development, children learn to interact with others in socially

meaningful ways. Measures of social communication include: Initiation

of joint attention -- spontaneously directing others' attention to

something of interest, such as by pointing or holding something up to

show for social purposes rather than to ask for help Affect sharing --

sharing emotions with others through facial expressions paired with eye

contact Socially engaged imitation -- imitating others' actions while

showing social connectedness through eye contact.

Deficits in such measures are hallmark

symptoms of ASD and can severely limit a child's ability to engage in

and learn from interactions with others or from the world around them.

"This new report is encouraging, as the

effects on social behavior appear to provide a scaffold for the

development of skills beyond the research setting," said NIMH Director

R. Insel, M.D. "We need better early interventions for the core

deficits of autism."

Funded through the Studies to Advance

Autism Research and Treatment (STAART) Network, Landa, Ph.D.,

of Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, and colleagues randomly

assigned 50 toddlers, ages 21-33 months old, who were diagnosed with

ASD to one of two six-month interventions: Interpersonal Synchrony (IS)

or Non-Interpersonal Synchrony (non-IS). Both interventions

incorporated classroom-based activities led by a trained intervention

provider, and

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