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A randomized controlled trial of an inference generation strategy intervention for adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder . PURPOSE The present intervention study investigated the efficacy of the ACT & Check Strategy intervention to improve inference generation when reading , metacognitive ability , general reading comprehension , and social inference ability in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder ( HF-ASD ) . METHOD Twenty-five adults with HF-ASD were randomly assigned to either a treatment or a control group . Treatment sessions were conducted in 1-hr sessions , twice a week , for a total of 6 weeks . Treatment focused on explicit instruction of components of inference generation , categories of inferences , and increasingly independent strategy use . RESULTS The treatment group demonstrated significantly superior performance on 1 of 2 measures of inference generation in reading and 1 measure of metacognitive ability compared with the control group . Significant differences between groups were not found on measures of reading comprehension or social inference ability . CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the ACT & Check Strategy was effective in improving participants ' ability to generate inferences in reading and certain metacognitive abilities , but the skills do not appear to generalize to other social communication contexts , such as social inference generation . This research provides a measure of support for explicitly teaching inference generation to address a reading inference deficit in adults with HF-ASD .
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Intervention_Educational
inference generation strategy intervention
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Intervention_Educational
ACT & Check Strategy intervention
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Intervention_Control
control group .
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Intervention_Educational
ACT & Check Strategy
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Outcome_Mental
inference generation when reading
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Outcome_Mental
metacognitive ability
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Outcome_Mental
general reading comprehension
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Outcome_Mental
social inference ability
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Outcome_Mental
superior performance on 1 of 2 measures of inference generation in reading
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Outcome_Mental
1 measure of metacognitive ability
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Outcome_Mental
measures of reading comprehension
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Outcome_Mental
social inference ability
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Outcome_Mental
participants ' ability to generate inferences in reading
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Outcome_Mental
certain metacognitive abilities
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Outcome_Mental
social inference generation
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Outcome_Other
reading inference deficit
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Participant_Age
adults
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorder
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorder
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Participant_Sample-size
Twenty-five
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Participant_Age
adults
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Participant_Condition
HF-ASD
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Participant_Age
adults
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Participant_Condition
HF-ASD