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Short-term speech-language intervention for children with disorders of the autism spectrum . PURPOSE To assess any changes in the Functional Communicative Profile ( FCP ) and in the Social Cognitive Performance ( SCP ) of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders , based on two short periods of intervention . METHODS The study was conducted with 21 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses , randomly allocated into two groups , who received the same short-term intervention types ( 6 weeks with the mother and 6 weeks with the support of an educational software program ) . The intervention process was conducted by speech-language pathologists who were part of a graduate program in this area . RESULTS Samples of 15-minute interaction sessions between the child and speech-language pathologist were used to assess the changes in the FCP and the SCP . The statistic analysis pointed out differences only in Group 1 for the variables " percentage of communicative space used " and " use of the mediating object " . CONCLUSION With the intervention sessions structured over 12 weeks , it was possible to observe a few changes in the children 's FCP and in the SCP . Therefore , we point out the need for new research studies of longer duration .
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who received the same short-term intervention types ( 6 weeks with the mother and 6 weeks with the support of an educational software program )
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The intervention process was conducted by speech-language pathologists who were part of a graduate program in this area
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percentage of communicative space used
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" and "
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use of the mediating object
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
disorders of the autism spectrum
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Participant_Condition
Spectrum