The present study examined the effects of the Son-Rise Program (SRP), a developmental approach to treatment for
ASD (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1976). SRP is an intensive intervention, intended to be implemented in home-based
programs and includes a five-day, 40-h, clinician-delivered intensive program, aimed to familiarize parents and
caregivers with SRP procedures. SRP is provided in one-on-one, child-adult dyads in a distraction-fee, naturalistic
environment and emphasizes spontaneous, child-initiated social interaction. The intervention employs techniques used
in other developmental pragmatic approaches, such as providing naturalistic feedback, but it differs in that the adult
never initiates interactions with the child. Instead, the adult engages in parallel imitation for as long as necessary until
the child initiates an interaction. The aim is to increase the frequency of spontaneous social orienting and childinitiation
as well as the duration of social interactions, thereby increasing children’s social interaction abilities.
Although case studies suggest that SRP is an effective intervention for children with autism (Kaufman, 1982, 1995;
Kaufman & Kaufman, 1976), this study is the first to experimentally evaluate its efficacy. In the present study we
examined the effects of the intensive clinician-delivered SRP program on the frequency of spontaneous social orienting
and use of communicative behaviors, as well as the duration of social engagement episodes. We predicted that SRP
would impact these abilities and, hence, establish the feasibility of the approach for future randomized control trials
with a greater number of participants.
The present study examined the effects of the Son-Rise Program (SRP), a developmental approach to treatment forASD (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1976). SRP is an intensive intervention, intended to be implemented in home-basedprograms and includes a five-day, 40-h, clinician-delivered intensive program, aimed to familiarize parents andcaregivers with SRP procedures. SRP is provided in one-on-one, child-adult dyads in a distraction-fee, naturalisticenvironment and emphasizes spontaneous, child-initiated social interaction. The intervention employs techniques usedin other developmental pragmatic approaches, such as providing naturalistic feedback, but it differs in that the adultnever initiates interactions with the child. Instead, the adult engages in parallel imitation for as long as necessary untilthe child initiates an interaction. The aim is to increase the frequency of spontaneous social orienting and childinitiationas well as the duration of social interactions, thereby increasing children’s social interaction abilities.Although case studies suggest that SRP is an effective intervention for children with autism (Kaufman, 1982, 1995;Kaufman & Kaufman, 1976), this study is the first to experimentally evaluate its efficacy. In the present study weexamined the effects of the intensive clinician-delivered SRP program on the frequency of spontaneous social orientingand use of communicative behaviors, as well as the duration of social engagement episodes. We predicted that SRPwould impact these abilities and, hence, establish the feasibility of the approach for future randomized control trialswith a greater number of participants.
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