Interest-based learning as an intervention practice for very young children with autism.

/ 'z6 \ my colleagues and I used the individual and situational (- IActivit\iets interests of children with autism to provide the children / interest-based everyday learning opportunitieslT and to assess the influences of participation on the chiidren's \/ social and developmental outcomes.16 :'g The majority of \/ \/ children in this research were 2 to 5 years of age. [...] The intervention consisted of increased opportunities to participate in the everyday activities where lnterest-Based Early lntervention the mothers used responsive teachinguT to support and Lessons learned from the research described above as reinforce child engagement in situationally and contextually well as the use of the research findings to inform practice specific learning activities. [...] Tharp and Gallimore36 The outcome measures included the number and frequency defined everyday activity settings as the 'tontexts in of mother-mediated everyday child learning opportunities, which collaborative interaction, intersubjectivity, assisted the social-affective behavior of the children in the everyday performance, and learning occurs" lp.72). [...] There are now enough with autism as part of child participation in everyday studies of the interests of young children with autism 2 to activities and rout1nes,a6, 47, a8 8 years of age to determine if the dlfferences in the various approaches to interest-based early intervention practices Conclusion matter in terms of their behavioral consequences. [...] Journal of child Psvcholoey and The search for optimal motivation and The lnternationa I lou rnal of Research and Psvchiatry and Allied Disciplines.