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: Language/ Language/
Keen et al., Stronger Families Project • Recruited from commu- communication: communication:
2007
Intervention: A two day nity health, hospital, and CSBS score, CSBS score,
Country: parent workshop, followed education-based early median (range): median (range):
Australia by 10 sessions of
intervention services Total:
Total:
Practice
setting:
Academic
Intervention
individual home-based • Clinical diagnosis of G1: 74.5 (65-126)
early intervention, using a autism based on DSM-IV Social:
social-pragmatic
criteria
G1: 4 (3-11)
approach emphasizing Exclusion criteria: Speech:
G1: 75 (65-135)
G1/BL: P = 0.1
Social:
G1: 5 (3-15)
setting:
Clinic, Home
Enrollment
period:
NR
Funding:
NR
Author industry
relationship
disclosures:
NR
Design:
Case series,
prospective
Note:
For more details
on the Stronger
Families Project
intervention, see
Rodger et al.,
2004
functional use of • See inclusion criteria
communication skills in Age, months ± SD
natural and semi- (range):
structured interactions; 38.06 ± 5.49 (25-47)
6 week intervention Mental age:
Assessments:
NR
Scales of Independent Gender, n (%):
Behavior, CSBS admini- Male: 14 (87)
stered by observer in Female: 2 (13)
clinic. Parents completed Race/ethnicity:
parental stress and NR
component measures. SES:
Groups:
Maternal education: NR
G1: intervention Household income: NR
Provider:
Diagnostic approach:
NR
Referral
Measure of treatment Diagnostic tool/method:
fidelity reported: DSM-IV
No
Diagnostic category:
Co-interventions held NR
stable during treatment: Other characteristics:
NR
NR
Concomitant therapies:
G1: 9 (3-17) G1/BL: P = 0.122
Symbolic:
Speech:
G1: 5.5 (3-13) G1: 8.5 (3-17)
CSBS caregiver G1/BL: P = 0.194
questionnaire score, Symbolic:
median (range): G1: 6.5 (3-17)
Total:
G1/BL: P = 0.203
G1: 84.5 (65-100) CSBS caregiver
Social:
questionnaire
G1: 4 (3-7) score, median
Speech:
(range):
G1: 10 (3-17) Total:
Symbolic:
G1: 90 (70-103)
G1: 7.5 (3-10) G1/BL: P = 0.007
Social:
G1: 5.5 (3-9)
G1/BL: P = 0.017
Speech:
G1: 10.5 (7-17)
G1/BL: P = 0.044
Symbolic:
G1: 7 (5-11)
G1/BL: P = 0.007
NR
Harms:
N at enrollment:
NR
G1: 16
Modifiers:
N at follow-up:
No significant
G1: 16
relationships
found between
child/parent
variables and
change in
behavior sample
scores
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