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Peer-Mediated Social Communication Intervention: When Clinical Expertise Informs Treatment Development and Evaluation
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Goldstein, Howard; Schneider, Naomi; Thiemann, Kathy – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
This article provides an overview of 3 approaches to peer-mediated intervention that have been effective in improving the social and communicative interactions among young children with autism and other developmental disabilities and their classmates without disabilities. These empirically supported peer-mediated interventions involve teaching…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Developmental Disabilities
Effects of Sociodramatic Script Training on Social and Communicative Interaction.
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Goldstein, Howard; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1988
Two experiments with eight language handicapped and four nonhandicapped preschool children examined the process of training preschool children to act out themes and exchange roles according to sociodramatic play scripts. Results suggested that such a program may benefit both handicapped and nonhandicapped children by enhancing interaction and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication
Promoting Interaction during Sociodramatic Play: Teaching Scripts to Typical Preschoolers and Classmates with Disabilities.
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Goldstein, Howard; Cisar, Connie L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This study investigated the effects of teaching sociodramatic scripts on interactions among three triads, each containing two typical preschool children and one child with autistic characteristics. Results supported the inclusion of systematic training of scripts to enhance interaction among children with and without disabilities during…
Descriptors: Autism, Dramatic Play, Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis
Use of Peers as Communication Intervention Agents.
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Goldstein, Howard – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This paper describes two alternative strategies for fostering communication skills in preschool children with disabilities: one that teaches normally developing peers to use specific communication strategies when interacting with their less skilled classmates and one that teaches both normal and disabled preschoolers to enact sociodramatic play…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Dramatic Play, Interaction