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Title: Generalisation of Social Communication Skills by Autistic Children During Play-Based Assessments Across Home, School and an Unfamiliar Research Setting.
Authors: Carruthers, Sophie, Charman, Tony, Leadbitter, Kathy, Ellis, Ceri, Taylor, Lauren, Moore, Heather, Taylor, Carol, James, Kirsty, Balabanovska, Matea, Langhorne, Sophie, Aldred, Catherine, Slonims, Vicky, Grahame, Vicki, Howlin, Patricia, McConachie, Helen, Parr, Jeremy, Emsley, Richard, Le Couteur, Ann, Green, Jonathan, Pickles, Andrew
Source: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. Jul2025, Vol. 55 Issue 7, p2203-2216. 14p.
Subjects: Communicative competence, Play, Intellect, Psychology of children with disabilities, Research funding, Autism, Learning, Home environment, Age distribution, Hospitals, Nonverbal communication, Pre-tests & post-tests, Longitudinal method, Social skills, Child development, Special education schools, Medical research, Asperger's syndrome, Child behavior
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
Abstract: We investigated autistic children's generalisation of social communication over time across three settings during a play-based assessment with different adults and explore the potential moderating effects on generalisation of age, nonverbal IQ and level of restricted and repetitive behaviours. The social communication abilities of 248 autistic children (2–11 years, 21% female, 22% single parent, 60% white) from three UK sites were assessed from 1984 video interactions in three contexts with three different interaction partners (parent/home, teaching assistant/school, researcher/clinic) at baseline, midpoint (+ 7m) and endpoint (+ 12m) within the Paediatric Autism Communication Trial-Generalised (PACT-G), a parent-mediated social communication intervention. Children's midpoint social communication at home generalised to school at midpoint and to clinic at endpoint. Generalisation was stronger from home to school and clinic than school to home and clinic. Generalisation was not moderated by age, nonverbal IQ or restricted and repetitive behaviour. Broader child development did not explain the pattern of results. The current study is the largest study to date to explore generalisation with autistic children and provides novel insight into their generalisation of social communication skills. Further research is needed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of facilitators of generalisation across settings and interaction partners in order to develop targeted strategies for interventions to enhance outcomes for young autistic children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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