Fig. 3.

Effects of PRT and Regular Training on Cognition and Behaviors in Autistic Children. Note. Autistic children showed consistent improvements in a social and communicative skills, b cognition, c fine motor, d gross motor, e imitation, and f adaptive behaviors, after the PRT versus regular intervention. The horizontal solid brackets indicate the significant results between different phases in the PRT group. The horizontal dotted brackets indicate the significant results between different phases in the control group. The vertical solid brackets indicate the significant findings between the groups in each phase. Social and communicative difficulties were measured using the Chinese version of the SCQ. Cognition, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, imitation, and adaptive behaviors were measured using the CPEP-3. The intervention assessment occurred in Week 10. PRT Pivotal Response Training