Program Description

"An intervention curriculum that teaches parents ways to enhance children’s social engagement, communication, imitation, and play skills, within meaningful activities and daily routines."

Cost

https://www.guilford.com/books/Teaching-Social-Communication-Children-Autism-Other-Developmental-Delays/Ingersoll-Dvortcsak/9781462538140

Intended Population

• Core
• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Pre-K

Intended Group Size

• Individual

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Unspecified

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Skill Specific

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• No

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Yes

Research Summary

A literature review revealed several studies examining the effects of Project ImPACT on children with autism spectrum disorder and/or communication disorders/difficulties. The majority of studies found evidence to suggest positive effects of the intervention on children's communication skills and social engagement, and on positive parenting strategies.

Study Citations

Ingersoll, B. R., Wainer, A. L., Berger, N. I., & Walton, K. M. (2017). Efficacy of low intensity, therapist-implemented Project ImPACT for increasing social communication skills in young children with ASD. Developmental neurorehabilitation, 20(8), 502-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2016.1278054

Ingersoll, B., & Wainer, A. (2013). Initial efficacy of Project ImPACT: A parent-mediated social communication intervention for young children with ASD. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 43(12), 2943-2952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1840-9

Stadnick, N. A., Stahmer, A., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (2015). Preliminary effectiveness of Project ImPACT: A parent-mediated intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder delivered in a community program. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 45(7), 2092-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2376-y

Stahmer, A. C., Rieth, S. R., Dickson, K. S., Feder, J., Burgeson, M., Searcy, K., & Brookman-Frazee, L. (2020). Project ImPACT for Toddlers: Pilot outcomes of a community adaptation of an intervention for autism risk. Autism : the international journal of research and practice, 24(3), 617–632. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319878080

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• No studies met inclusion requirements

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Promising practice