Download or read book The Effects Of Peer Mediated Interventions On Social Communication Deficits In Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Tricia McCollum and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a peer mediated intervention to increase social communication acts of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Utilizing a single-subject A-B design across four peer dyads, I examined the overall effectiveness of the intervention in relation to specific nonverbal, verbal, and play behaviors and examine the generalization of social communication acts outside of the intervention period. The study participants consisted of four preschool children with ASD and one typically developing peer partner for each child with ASD. All participants attended integrated preschool settings. Intervention results were reported using visual analysis and participant effect size. The intervention showed small significant increases in some areas of nonverbal interactions, interactive play, and verbal interactions for some of the peer dyads, but not all. Strong levels of implementation fidelity and social validity were also reported.