Impact of imitation abilities on social communication in autistic children: evidence from an Early Start Denver Model intervention study.

Mol Autism · 2025 · PMC11971849 · PMID 40186296

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although the average improvement in social communication was higher in the ESDM group, this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

In the conventional intervention group, change in imitation was a significant predictor, while baseline imitation was marginally significant (standardized coefficients of 0.84 and 0.36, respectively, with an adjusted R2 of 0.46).

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