Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Evidence Table. Therapies for children with ASD
Study
Inclusion/Exclusion Baseline
Description Intervention
Criteria/Population Measures Outcomes
Author:
Intervention:
Inclusion criteria: Social Skills: Social skills:
Bauminger et al., Group-centered social • Diagnosis of ASD from Specific
Specific
2007
multimodal Cognitive prior assessment by companionship companionship
Country: Behavioral-Ecological licensed psychologists behaviors, behaviors, mean
Israel
intervention: within using DSM-IV
mean ± SD: ± SD:
Practice teacher-led small groups Exclusion criteria: Mutual planning: Mutual planning:
setting:
Academic
of peers that included 2 • See inclusion criteria
typical peers and between Age, months ± SD:
G1: 1.69 ± 0.73
Cooperation:
G1: 2.19 ± 0.84
G1/BL: P < 0.01
Intervention 1 and 3 high functioning G1a: 105.4 ± 7.24 G1: 2.08 ± 1.16 Cooperation:
setting:
children with ASD. The G1b: 110.78 ± 15.06 Eye contact: G1: 3.58 ± 1.39
School
research coordinator Mental age:
G1: 2.50 ± 0.76 G1/BL: P < 0.001
Enrollment
period:
supported each teacher
once monthly.
Verbal IQ, mean ± SD:
G1a: 104.09 ± 14.28
Negotiation:
G1: 1.15 ± 0.36
Eye contact:
G1: 2.65 ± 1.12
NR
Duration: 7 months G1b: 110.62 ± 14.44 Sharing:
G1/BL: P = NS
Funding: Group lesson included G1a/G1b: P = NS G1: 2.00 ± 0.93 Negotiation:
Israel Foundation
Trustees
teaching process to set
“definitions and rules” for
PIQ, mean ± SD:
G1a: 109.73 ± 9.12
Positive interaction,
social behaviors,
G1: 1.23 ± 0.65
G1/BL: P = NS
Author industry participants and practice G1b: 116.92 ± 16.44 mean ± SD: Sharing:
relationship process that allowed G1a/G1b: P = NS Group:
G1: 2.58 ± 1.20
disclosures:
NR
rehearsal of learned skills Full IQ, mean ± SD:
Social skills training G1a: 108.09 ± 8.62
G1a: 8.27 ± 10.01
G1b: 9.86 ± 8.82
G1/BL: P < 0.05
Positive inter-
Design: consisted of 50 lessons G1b: 115.08 ± 13.68 G1a/G1b: P = NS action, social
Retrospective focusing on group G1a/G1b: P = NS Dydactic:
behaviors, mean
case series behavior and practicing Gender, n:
G1a: 25.45 ± 23.98 ± SD:
Note:
See related study
behavior, covering:
• Instruction in prere-
Male:
G1a: 10
G1b: 34.86 ± 27.73
G1a/G1b: P = NS
Group:
G1a: 4.36 ± 6.75
with 11
quisite concepts for G1b: 14
Low-level inter- G1b: 14.26 ±
overlapping group involvement Female:
action, social 16.48
participants,
Bauminger et al.,
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• Affective education G1a: 1
focusing mainly on G1b: 1
higher processes of Race/ethnicity:
emotional under- NR
standing
SES:
• Group conversation Maternal education: NR
skills
Household income: NR
• Cooperative skills Diagnostic approach:
• Double message issues Referred from prior
Assessments:
assessment by
Observed direct and psychologists, diagnosis
indirect treatment effects verified In Study
on social cognitive Diagnostic tool/method:
capabilities, children’s DSM-IV, ADI-R
change in overt cooper- Diagnostic category, n:
ative skills within and High functioning autism:
outside the group. All G1a: 7
measures administered G1b: 10
once before and once Aspergers:
after treatment.
G1a: 4
Groups:
G1b: 5
G1: individual intervention
Ga: original group
Gb: newly recruited
behaviors, mean ± Dydactic:
SD:
G1a: 29.45 ± 9.67
Group:
G1b: 27.73 ±
G1a: 14.09 ± 7.1 18.01
G1b: 10.73 ± 8.14 Low-level inter-
G1a/G1b: P = NS action, social
Dydactic:
behaviors, mean
G1a: 15.36 ± 10.26 ± SD:
G1b: 21.00 ± 15.40 Group:
G1a/G1b: P = NS G1a: 14.36 ± 4.41
Negative interaction, G1b: 11.86 ± 7.33
social behaviors, Dyadic:
mean ± SD: G1a: 11.09 ± 5.50
Group:
G1b: 14.86 ±
G1a: 0.91 ± 1.22 10.02
G1b: 0.6 ± 1.12 Negative inter-
G1a/G1b: P = NS action, social
Dydactic:
behaviors, mean
G1a: 5.09 ± 5.32 ± SD:
G1b: 2.26 ± 2.21 Group:
G1a/G1b: P = NS G1a: 1 ± 1.34
G1b: 0.87 ± 1.41
Bauminger et al., Provider:
Other characteristics: Problem solving Dydactic:
2007 (continued) Special education teacher ADI social score, mean ± initiation behavior, G1a: 6.09 ± 4.82
Measure of treatment SD:
mean ± SD: G1b: 2.46 ± 3.90
fidelity reported: G1a: 17.45 ± 3.90 G1a: 4.72 ± 2.41 ANOVA: social
NR
G1b: 17.64 ± 3.62 G1b: 4.33 ± 2.52 behavior type
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