In this project, we examined the effects of socially embedded, dance-based activities integrated with autism approaches/motor learning principles to facilitate social engagement and verbalization skills as well as creativity and praxis in a group of school-age children with ASD.

Effects on the quantity and quality of the following behaviors were assessed:

• Training-related changes in repetitive behavior, social smiles, and verbalization rates
• Training-related changes in tester prompts and creativity scores
• Praxis on imitation errors during standardized praxis subtests conducted pre-and post-training.