Exploring social network factors impacting the implementation of communication supports designed for minimally verbal autistic preschool children: a study protocol
Sarah Dufek, Aubyn C Stahmer, Giacomo Vivanti, Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick · 2025
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Dufek, Stahmer, Vivanti, and Hassrick set out a study plan about teamwork around autistic children who barely speak. Such children depend on communication aids and strategies, yet good methods often fail to take hold at home and school. The protocol enrolls forty preschoolers at two sites and maps the social networks of their parents, teachers, and other caregivers.
Surveys and focus groups will chart who talks to whom, how knowledge of the communication strategies spreads, and where collaboration breaks down. The team expects denser teamwork to go with better uptake of the strategies and better child outcomes. They hope the findings will show how to organize the adults so the children's tools actually get used.
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| CREATOR | Sarah Dufek, Aubyn C Stahmer, Giacomo Vivanti, Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |