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ArticleResearch in autism spectrum disorders2016

The effects of embodied rhythm and robotic interventions on the spontaneous and responsive verbal communication skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A further outcome of a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Sudha M Srinivasan, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Timothy Gifford, Anjana N Bhat

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Sudha M SrinivasanDepartment of Physical Therapy, Biomechanics and Movement Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Inge-Marie EigstiDepartment of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Timothy GiffordDepartment of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Anjana N BhatDepartment of Physical Therapy, Biomechanics and Movement Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.

Funding

Robot child interactions as an intervention tool for children with autismR33MH089441 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI BHAT, ANJANA NARAYAN · 2011 to 2012
$729k
Robot child interactions as an intervention tool for children with autismR21MH089441 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI BHAT, ANJANA NARAYAN · 2009 to 2010
$405k
NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH089441NIMH NIH HHS R33 MH089441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current manuscript is the second in a mini-series of manuscripts reporting the effects of alternative, movement-based, rhythm and robotic interventions on the social communication skills of 36 school-age children with ASD. This pilot randomized controlled trial compared the effects of 8-weeks of rhythm and robotic interventions to those of a standard-of-care, comparison intervention. The first manuscript reported intervention effects on the spontaneous and responsive social attention skills of children. In this manuscript, we report intervention effects on the spontaneous and responsive verbal communication skills of children. Communication skills were assessed within a standardized test of responsive communication during the pretest and posttest as well as using training-specific measures of social verbalization during early, mid, and late training sessions. The rhythm and comparison groups improved on the standardized test in the posttest compared to the pretest. The rhythm and robot groups increased levels of social verbalization across training sessions. Movement-based and stationary contexts afforded different types and amounts of communication in children with ASD. Overall, movement-based interventions are a promising tool to enhance verbal and non-verbal communication skills in children with ASD.

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autismcommunicationembodied interventionsrhythmrobots

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PMID27668011
PMCPMC5033125

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