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The effect of a parent-implemented imitation intervention on spontaneous imitation skills in young children with autism . Children with autism exhibit significant deficits in their ability to spontaneously imitate the play actions and descriptive gestures of others . Reciprocal imitation training ( RIT ) is a naturalistic imitation intervention designed to teach spontaneous imitation skills during play . This study assessed the effectiveness of parent-implemented RIT using a multiple-baseline design across three young children with autism and their mothers . After an initial baseline , mothers were taught to implement RIT techniques with their child twice a week for 10 weeks in a clinic setting . Two mothers were taught to use RIT to teach object imitation . The third mother was taught to use RIT to target both object and gesture imitation in a multiple-baseline design across behaviors . Generalization was assessed in the families ' homes at the end of treatment and a 1-month follow-up . Parents learned to use the intervention strategies and their children exhibited increases in spontaneous imitation . These findings replicate the results from previous studies , indicating that RIT is effective for teaching imitation skills to young children with autism in a naturalistic setting and extend the findings to parents .
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Intervention_Educational
parent-implemented imitation intervention
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Intervention_Educational
Reciprocal imitation training ( RIT )
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Intervention_Educational
RIT
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Intervention_Educational
RIT
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Intervention_Educational
RIT
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Intervention_Educational
RIT
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Outcome_Mental
spontaneous imitation skills
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Outcome_Mental
spontaneously imitate
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Outcome_Mental
play actions and descriptive gestures
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Outcome_Mental
spontaneous imitation skills
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Outcome_Other
effectiveness
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Outcome_Mental
learned
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Outcome_Mental
spontaneous imitation
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Outcome_Mental
imitation skills
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Participant_Age
young children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Age
Children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Sample-size
three
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Participant_Age
young children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Age
young children
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Participant_Condition
autism