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2018, Number 3

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Rev Mex Neuroci 2018; 19 (3)

Developing Emotional, Neurocognitive, and Social Skills in Children with Autism: Evaluation and Intervention through Social Role-Playing

Villanueva-Bonilla, Cristian; Bonilla-Santos, Jasmín; Ríos- Gallardo, Ángela Magnolia; Solovieva, Yulia

Language: Spanish
References: 33
Page: 43-59
PDF size: 716.11 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by difficulties with socialization, communication, and cognition as well as repetitive and unusual behaviors. Social roleplaying is a guiding activity that produces positive changes in children’s development in terms of imagination, voluntary activity, language, reflexive thought, and conversational abilities.
Objective: To describe the effect of an intervention program on emotional, neurocognitive and social skills in three children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Methods: A multiple-case design, based on the principles of the microgenetic method, was used to determine the emotional, neurocognitive, and social characteristics of three children with autism following the application of an intervention program involving social role-playing. Case 1: A 9-year-old child with poor identification and emotional expression, as well as difficulties in maintaining fluent and coherent conversations. Case 2: A 10-year-old child with mechanical language, poor fluency, and difficulty initiating and maintaining conversation. Case 3: An 8-year-old girl presents deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used in social interaction and difficulties in adapting to non-daily situations.
Results: Positive changes in emotional identification, understanding, and expression as well as mental states and social language. The children also demonstrated improvements in their cognitive and social abilities following the intervention program. The above results should be interpreted carefully because of the preliminary character of the study. A larger sample that allows the generalization of the results is suggested for future investigations.


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