TY - JOUR ID - 159839 TI - A Preliminary Study of Telepractice Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders JO - Journal of Iranian Medical Council JA - JIMC LA - en SN - 2645-338X AU - Mohamadi, Reyhane AU - teymouri sangani, mohyeddin AU - Nokhostin Ansari, Noureddin AU - soleymani, zahra AD - Rehabilitation Research Centre, Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Speech and language pathology, School of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - 2. Department of Physiotherapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Research Center for War-affected People, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Speech Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 471 EP - 477 KW - adult KW - Autism spectrum disorder KW - Child KW - Gestures KW - Imitative behavior   DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v5i3.10943 N2 - AbstractBackground: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental neurological disorder characterized by impaired social interactions. The aim of study was to examine the telepractice Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (PMT) for ASD children. Methods: This study followed a pretest–posttest design. 11 mothers of children with ASD aged 26-71 months (mean=47.09 months, SD=14) were included. Mothers were given the necessary training on the PMT for 12 one-hour weekly sessions, through the WhatsApp software. The self-reported McArthur-Bates communication development inventories (CDIs) was the main outcome measure. The data were analyzed using Wilcoxon test.Results: Mean scores of expressive and perceptive words significantly improved after treatment with large effects sizes (Cohen’s d >0.8). The activity and gestures section scores showed significant improvements after treatment in the areas of communication gestures, play and routines, working with objects and imitation of adult activities (Cohen’s d >0.8). Conclusion: This study provides preliminary evidence that the telepractice of PMT is effective for children with autism spectrum disorder. Further study with a rigours design is warranted. UR - http://www.jimc.ir/article_159839.html L1 - http://www.jimc.ir/article_159839_97025fc5c519121af618446c2d5c3464.pdf ER -