Effects of a video-based intervention on emotion recognition for children with autism who have limited speech in China

• Main Authors: Wang, Zhi, Cheong, Loh Sau, Tian, Jing, Wang, Hai Yan, Yuan, Yue, Zhang, Qian
• Format: Article
• Published: SAGE Publications Inc 2023
• Subjects: BF Psychology; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/39559/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties with emotion recognition and a number of interventions have been designed to address this problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of video-based intervention (The Transporters) on emotion recognition in four children (aged 4-8 years old) with ASD who have limited speech in China. This study employed a multiple baseline across participants. The results indicated that the video-based intervention effectively improved emotion recognition in all children with limited speech. However, there was a limited effect in the generalization phase after 7 and 15 days completing the intervention phase. Results of this study have important implications for early intervention educators working with children with ASD.