Can We Play Together? A Closer Look at the Peers of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cally Kent; Reinie Cordier; Annette Joosten; Sarah Wilkes-Gillan; Anita Bundy

doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04387-6

Can We Play Together? A Closer Look at the Peers of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cally Kent^*, Reinie Cordier, Annette Joosten, Sarah Wilkes-Gillan, Anita Bundy

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Abstract

Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are often used to support children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to develop social skills. However, more investigation is needed to better understand the role of peers as both intervention recipients and models. Sixty-five typically developing peers who participated in a PMI for children with ASD were investigated using a randomised control trial. Play sessions of the dyads were scored using the Test of Playfulness. Results showed a significant moderate intervention effect for the peers from pre- to post-intervention; outcomes for children with ASD were not influenced by peer characteristics; and, the children demonstrated a similar pattern of play interaction. Implications for practice are discussed. Clinical Trials Registry Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, https://www.anzctr.org.au/ (ACTRN12615000008527; Universal Trial Number: U1111-1165-2708).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2860-2873
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	50
Issue number	8
Early online date	10 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04387-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Autism
Intervention
Peers
Play
Video modelling

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