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Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Evidence Table. <strong>Therapies</strong> <strong>for</strong> children with ASD (continued)<br />

Study<br />

Description Intervention<br />

Pan<br />

2010 (continued)<br />

Author:<br />

Reed et al.<br />

2010<br />

Country:<br />

England<br />

Practice<br />

setting:<br />

Academic<br />

Intervention<br />

setting:<br />

School, home<br />

Enrollment<br />

period:<br />

NR<br />

Intervention:<br />

For a period of 1 year,<br />

children received one of<br />

three early teaching<br />

interventions: a 1:1<br />

authority-provided homebased<br />

program (PACTS),<br />

a general special nursery<br />

<strong>for</strong> children with all types<br />

of learning difficulty, or an<br />

autistic special nursery <strong>for</strong><br />

children only with ASDs.<br />

Special nurseries had<br />

eclectic interventions<br />

Inclusion/ Exclusion<br />

Criteria/ Population<br />

Inclusion criteria:<br />

• ages 2 years 6 months<br />

to 4 years 0 months at<br />

the start of their<br />

intervention<br />

• Receiving no other major<br />

intervention during the<br />

period of the<br />

assessment<br />

• Diagnosis of ASD given<br />

by an independent<br />

pediatrician<br />

Exclusion criteria:<br />

• See above<br />

Age, mean/months ± SD:<br />

G1: 44.3 ± 4.8<br />

C-24<br />

Baseline<br />

Measures Outcomes<br />

P < 0.01<br />

compared to G1b)<br />

G1b: 32.81 ±<br />

17.60<br />

T3:<br />

G1a: 71.88 ±<br />

17.36<br />

G1b: 68.75 ±<br />

18.90 (P < 0.01<br />

compared to T2)<br />

HAAR Stage Vindependent<br />

movement in<br />

water:<br />

T2:<br />

G1a: 64.60 ±<br />

18.78 (P < 0.01<br />

compared to T1,<br />

P < 0.01<br />

compared to G1b)<br />

G1b: 8.33 ± 15.41<br />

T3:<br />

G1a: 64.60 ±<br />

18.78<br />

G1b: 52.08 ±<br />

20.79 (P < 0.01<br />

compared to T2)<br />

G1a: NS <strong>for</strong><br />

differences<br />

between T2 and<br />

T3<br />

G1b: NS <strong>for</strong><br />

differences<br />

between T1 and<br />

T2<br />

Overall ratings:<br />

GARS autism<br />

quotient, mean ±<br />

SD:<br />

G1: 98.5 ± 11.6<br />

G2: 95.9 ± 8.0<br />

G3: 95.1 ± 11.6<br />

Educational/<br />

cognitive/<br />

academic<br />

attainment:<br />

PEP–R overall,<br />

mean ± SD:<br />

G1: 47.7 ± 22.3<br />

G2: 58.1 ± 15.5<br />

Harms<br />

NR<br />

Modifiers<br />

NR<br />

Overall ratings:<br />

GARS change<br />

from baseline<br />

score, mean ±<br />

SD:<br />

G1: 2.2 ± 9.5<br />

P > 0.40<br />

G2: -5.9 ± 8.7<br />

P > 0.09<br />

G3: 1.6 ± 6.2<br />

P > 0.30<br />

Educational/<br />

cognitive/<br />

academic<br />

attainment:

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