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Ostrosky, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Michaelene M. Halle, James W. Santos Gilbertz, Rosa Milagros Hemmeter, Mary Louise Zaghlawan, Hasan 2011-08-25T22:12:29Z 2011-08-25T22:12:29Z 2011-08-25T22:12:29Z 2011-08 Imitation is a pivotal social-communicative skill, which is crucial for children’s social and language development. Research has shown that young children with autism often have deficits in imitation skills. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a parent-implemented modified Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT) on object and gestural imitation skills for children with autism. Two parents were trained and coached to use the modified RIT with their young children with autism in the home. The modified RIT was composed of reciprocity, object imitation, and gestural imitation strategies. A multiple baseline design across strategies was used to examine the parents’ competence in learning and implementing the modified RIT. Results indicated that parents learned to use the intervention strategies, and children showed improvements in spontaneous imitation. Generalization effects for parents and children were examined in typical routines. Maintenance data were collected two weeks following the end of intervention. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-07-12T17:38:52Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 3 Zaghlawan_Hasan.docx: 469125 bytes, checksum: 5e10d13f2890f16a58f59dbb90d39962 (MD5) Zaghlawan_Hasan.pdf: 1759900 bytes, checksum: e9a883c4bb4489608aa162d257d6c080 (MD5) Zaghlawan_Hasan.pdf: 1766570 bytes, checksum: 0e881c2f63aa2ea16e6a651a2ce0e5c3 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-08-25T22:12:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Zaghlawan_Hasan.pdf: 1766561 bytes, checksum: e023721e925073cc12d1b0fcbbdf3220 (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: dd649aedcb4461ed516025ac7df0d921 (MD5) Zaghlawan_Hasan.docx: 469125 bytes, checksum: 5e10d13f2890f16a58f59dbb90d39962 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/26087 en Copyright 2011 Hasan Zaghlawan Autism Spontaneous Imitation Parent Training A parent-implemented intervention to improve spontaneous imitation by young children with autism Special Education 1570 Special Education 0093 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Special Education -UIUC 10KS0093PHD