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Appendix A. Continuing education
1. Developmental approaches to treatment for ASD
(a) emphasize child-initiated social interaction
(b) focus on improving social-communicative skills
(c) use developmentally appropriate materials and activities
(d) all of the above
2. A growing body of research suggests that targeting initiated joint attention in autism intervention results in
improvements in
(a) joint attention and language skills
(b) joint attention, but not verbal language
(c) dyadic, but not triadic joint attention
(d) cognitive development, but not social skills
3. Which of the following techniques is NOT used in the Son-Rise Program?
(a) naturalistic feedback to child-initiated interactions
(b) expanding on child responses
(c) clinician-initiated social interactions
(d) joining the child’s repetitive behaviors
4. The results of this study suggest improvements in social communication in children with autism following
(a) a five-day, 40-h, clinician-delivered intensive program
(b) a five-day intensive program followed by three months of home-based intervention
(c) a three-day parent-training program and six months of parent-led intervention
(d) a year of weekly treatment sessions with a clinician
5. The results of this study showed
(a) significant improvement in verbalizations, but not gestures, in SRP-treated children
(b) significant improvement in duration, but not frequency, of communicative behaviors in SRP-treated children