Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Evidence Table. Therapies for children with ASD
Study
Inclusion/Exclusion
Description Intervention
Criteria/Population
Author:
Intervention:
Inclusion criteria:
Tyminski et al., Group psychotherapy, for • Diagnosis of DSM-IV
2008
an average 14 months for criteria for PDD
Country: 2 groups of 6 and 3 • Capacity for verbal
US
Practice
setting:
Community
Intervention
setting:
School and home
Enrollment
period:
NR
Funding:
NR
Author industry
relationship
disclosures:
NR
Design:
Prospective case
series
groups of 5
communication
Assessment:
• No history of verbal
Social skills at home aggression towards
assessed by VABS and at peers
school by the Social Skills Exclusion criteria:
Checklist; baseline social • See inclusion criteria
development by teachers Age, years (range):
Follow-up assessment of G1: 9.2 (5-16)
all study measures at 4 Mental age:
months to 3 years after NR
start of study therapy Gender, n (%):
Groups:
Male: 33 (85)
G1: group psychotherapy Female: 6 (15)
Provider:
Race/ethnicity, n (%):
Therapists
White: 12 (31)
Measure of treatment Asian: 12 (31)
fidelity reported: Hispanic: 9 (23)
No
African American: 2 (5)
Co-interventions held Multiracial: 4 (10)
stable during treatment: SES:
NR
Maternal education: NR
Concomitant therapies: Household income: NR
NR
Diagnostic approach:
N at enrollment: In Study
G1: 39 (100)
Diagnostic tool/method:
N at follow-up:
DSM-IV
G1: 27 (69)
Diagnostic category, n
(%):
Autism: 15 (38)
PDD-NOS: 21 (54)
Aspergers: 3 (8)
Other characteristics:
Theory of Mind: NR
C-177
Baseline
Measures Outcomes
Social skills: Social skills:
VABS socialization, VABS
developmental age, socialization,
months ± SD developmental
(range):
age, months ± SD
G1: 33 ± 15.3 (range):
(13-86)
G1: 46 ± 18.2
Correlation between (17-90)
VABS and baseline G1/BL: P < 0.001
measures: Correlation
Age at intake: 0.38 between follow-up
(P < 0.05)
VABS and other
Theory of Mind: 0.35 measures:
(P < 0.05)
Theory of Mind:
Social Skills 0.49 (P < 0.01)
Checklist score, Baseline VABS:
mean ± SD (range): 0.74 (P < 0.0001)
G1: 2.5 ± 0.8 Duration of
(1.4-4.7)
therapy: -0.44
Correlation between (P < 0.01)
SSC score and Social Skills
baseline measures: Checklist score,
Age: 0.29 (P < 0.10) mean ± SD
(range):
G1: 2.9 ± 0.7
(1.2-4.0)
G1/BL: P < 0.01
Correlation
between follow-up
SSC score and
other measures:
Baseline SSC:
0.54 (P < 0.001)
Correlation
between change
in SSC score and
other measures:
Age at intake:
-0.32 (P < 0.10)
Harms:
NR
Modifiers:
Age at intake,
theory of mind,
and duration of
therapy