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A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparison Between Pivotal Response Treatment ( PRT ) and Adult-Driven Applied Behavior Analysis ( ABA ) Intervention on Disruptive Behaviors in Public School Children with Autism . Children with autism often demonstrate disruptive behaviors during demanding teaching tasks . Language intervention can be particularly difficult as it involves social and communicative areas , which are challenging for this population . The purpose of this study was to compare two intervention conditions , a naturalistic approach , Pivotal Response Treatment ( PRT ) with an adult-directed ABA approach on disruptive behavior during language intervention in the public schools . A randomized clinical trial design was used with two groups of children , matched according to age , sex and mean length of utterance . The data showed that the children demonstrated significantly lower levels of disruptive behavior during the PRT condition . The results are discussed with respect to antecedent manipulations that may be helpful in reducing disruptive behavior .
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Pivotal Response Treatment ( PRT )
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Adult-Driven Applied Behavior Analysis ( ABA ) Intervention
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Pivotal Response Treatment ( PRT
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adult-directed ABA approach