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Pilot randomized controlled trial of Reciprocal Imitation Training for teaching elicited and spontaneous imitation to children with autism . Children with autism exhibit significant deficits in imitation skills . Reciprocal Imitation Training ( RIT ) , a naturalistic imitation intervention , was developed to teach young children with autism to imitate during play . This study used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of RIT on elicited and spontaneous imitation skills in 21 young children with autism . Results found that children in the treatment group made significantly more gains in elicited and spontaneous imitation , replicating previous single-subject design studies . Number of spontaneous play acts at pre-treatment was related to improvements in imitation during the intervention , suggesting that children with a greater play repertoire make greater gains during RIT .
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Intervention_Educational
Reciprocal Imitation Training
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Intervention_Educational
Reciprocal Imitation Training ( RIT )
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Outcome_Mental
spontaneous imitation
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Outcome_Mental
imitation skills .
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Outcome_Other
efficacy
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Outcome_Mental
imitation skills
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Outcome_Other
significantly more gains
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Outcome_Mental
elicited and spontaneous imitation
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Outcome_Mental
Number of spontaneous play acts
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Outcome_Physical
imitation
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Participant_Age
children with autism . Children with autism