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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 />

Author:<br />

Kasari et al., 2006<br />

Kasari et al.,<br />

2008†<br />

Country:<br />

US<br />

Practice<br />

setting:<br />

Academic<br />

Intervention<br />

setting:<br />

School<br />

Enrollment<br />

period:<br />

NR<br />

Funding:<br />

NIH<br />

Author industry<br />

relationship<br />

disclosures:<br />

NR<br />

Design:<br />

Intervention:<br />

Symbolic play or joint<br />

attention intervention<br />

sessions <strong>for</strong> 30 minutes<br />

daily <strong>for</strong> 5-6 weeks<br />

Combination of adultdirected<br />

behavioral drill<br />

(approximately 5 minutes)<br />

and child-directed milieu<br />

teaching approach <strong>for</strong><br />

approximately 20 minutes<br />

ABA and developmental<br />

procedures of responsive<br />

and interactive methods<br />

Semi-structured childdriven<br />

floor sessions with<br />

environmental adjustments<br />

to facilitate social<br />

and communicative<br />

attempts<br />

Number of sessions,<br />

mean ± SD:<br />

Inclusion/ Exclusion<br />

Criteria/ Population<br />

Inclusion criteria:<br />

• Diagnosis of autism on<br />

the ADI-R and ADOS<br />

• Age < 5 years old<br />

• Accessible <strong>for</strong> follow-up<br />

Exclusion criteria:<br />

• Seizures<br />

• Additional medical<br />

diagnoses (e.g., genetic<br />

syndromes)<br />

• Geographically<br />

inaccessible <strong>for</strong> followup<br />

visits<br />

• Did not plan to stay in<br />

the early intervention<br />

program <strong>for</strong> at least 4<br />

weeks<br />

Age, months ± SD:<br />

Study entry:<br />

G1: 43.2 ± 7.05<br />

G2: 42.67 ± 6.93<br />

G3: 41.94 ± 4.93<br />

C-144<br />

Baseline<br />

Measures Outcomes<br />

mastered, n:<br />

G1: 107<br />

Communication/<br />

language:<br />

RDLS expressive<br />

language score,<br />

mean ± SD (range):<br />

G1: 20.60 ± 6.51<br />

(17.55-23.65)<br />

G2: 21.43 ± 7.59<br />

(17.97-24.89)<br />

G3:19.41 ± 7.70<br />

(15.45-23.37)<br />

RDLS receptive<br />

language score,<br />

mean ± SD (range):<br />

G1: 20.55 ± 7.27<br />

(17.15-23.95)<br />

G2: 21.00 ± 9.75<br />

(16.56-25.44)<br />

G3: 17.53 ± 8.70<br />

(13.06-22.00)<br />

Social skills:<br />

ESCS score, mean<br />

Objectives met<br />

per week, n:<br />

G1: 58<br />

Cumulative<br />

number of<br />

objectives met<br />

each week:<br />

G1: (graph)<br />

Learn units per<br />

objective, mean<br />

(range):<br />

G1: 213 (103-<br />

750)<br />

Weekly classwide<br />

mean learn units<br />

to criterion:<br />

G1: (graph)<br />

Students moving<br />

to lesser<br />

restrictive<br />

environments, %:<br />

G1: 95<br />

Harms:<br />

NR<br />

Modifiers:<br />

NR<br />

Communication/<br />

language:<br />

RDLS expressive<br />

language score,<br />

mean ± SD<br />

(range):<br />

Post-intervention:<br />

G1: 23.15 ± 6.43<br />

(20.14-26.16)<br />

G2: 23.67 ± 8.78<br />

(19.67-27.88)<br />

G3: 21.18 ± 9.11<br />

(16.49-25.86)<br />

12 month followup:†<br />

G1: 35.70 ± 12.57<br />

(29.82-41.59)<br />

G2: 38.29 ± 15.03<br />

(30.57-46.02)<br />

G3: 28.06 ± 13.52<br />

(20.86-35.27)<br />

RDLS receptive

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