Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Evidence Table. Therapies for children with ASD (continued)
Study
Inclusion/ Exclusion
Description Intervention
Criteria/ Population
G2: 15
Diagnostic category, n
N at follow-up:
(%):
G1: 15
Autism: 30 (100)
G2: 15
Other characteristics:
“majority” could not use
language to communicate
Author:
Intervention:
Inclusion criteria:
Greenberg et al., Early intervention class at NR
2008
CCEI, ABA services
Country: provided in environment Exclusion criteria:
US
that combines discrete
trial training and natural
NR
Practice environment training by Age, mos. (range):
setting:
delivering learning units (23-42)
Community across the settings, 10
hours weekly for 44 Mental age:
weeks
NR
Gender:
M, n (%): NR
F, n (%): NR
Intervention
setting: School
Enrollment
period:
September 2006
through August
2007
Funding:
NR
Author industry
relationship
disclosures:
NR
Design:
Case series,
retrospective
Assessments:
Data Decision Analysis
Protocol filled out daily by
teachers and assistants
Groups:
G1: early intervention
class at CCEI
Provider:
Teachers
Measure of treatment
fidelity reported:
Yes: interobserver
agreement ranged
between 80% and 100%
Co-interventions held
stable during treatment:
No
Concomitant therapies:
Majority of children’s
programs were
supplemented by 10
hours of homebased ABA
special instruction
N at enrollment:
G1: 24
N at follow-up:
G1: 24
Race/ethnicity, n (%):
NR
SES:
Maternal education: NR
Household income: NR
Diagnostic approach:
NR
Diagnostic tool/method:
NR
Diagnostic category, n
(%):
PDD: 24 (100)
Other characteristics, %:
Severely limited speaker
and listener skills, 80
1 child experienced
Seizures at the start of
CCEI
C-143
Baseline
Measures Outcomes
NR Educational/
cognitive/
academic
attainment:
Learn Units,
weekly:
G1: (graph)
Learn Units
presented, total,
mean (range):
G1: 490, 807,
11155 (4413-
15281)
Learn Units
correctly
responded to,
total, mean
(range):
G1: 315,680,
7175 (2871-
10904)
Learn Units
presented per
child per day,
across the year
mean (range):
G1: 134 (100-
168)
Correct Learn
Units per child per
day, mean
(range):
G1: 86 (60-104)
Classwide mean
correct & total
learn units per
day for each child:
G1: (graph)
Total cumulative
objectives
mastered, n:
G1: 2561
Average per child
objectives