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Object interest in autism spectrum disorder : a treatment comparison . A randomized control trial comparing two social communication treatments for children with autism spectrum disorder examined the effect of treatment on object interest . Thirty-two children , 18-60 months , were randomly assigned to the Picture Exchange Communication System ( PECS ) or Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching ( RPMT ) condition . Assessment of object interest was conducted in an unstructured play session with different toys , activities , adult , and location than experienced in treatment . Results indicated children in the RPMT condition showed greater increases in object interest as compared to children in the PECS condition . Because child characteristics such as interest in objects may influence response to interventions using object play as contexts for treatment , it is important to improve our understanding of whether intervention can affect object interest .
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Intervention_Educational
social communication treatments
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Intervention_Educational
Picture Exchange Communication System ( PECS ) or Responsive Education and Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching ( RPMT ) condition .
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Intervention_Educational
RPMT
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Intervention_Educational
PECS
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Outcome_Mental
Object interest
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Outcome_Mental
object interest
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Outcome_Mental
object interest
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorder :
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
autism spectrum disorder
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Participant_Sample-size
Thirty-two
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Participant_Age
children , 18-60 months