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:
Farrell et al., 2005 LUFAP vs. ABA/Lovaas • Pre-school age children VABS socialization, VABS
Country: LUFAP: children attended • G1 selected by EPs part developmental age, socialization,
UK
mainstream school full of a team carrying out months:
developmental
Practice time, SSAs employed statutory assessment G1: 15.7
age, months:
setting:
combination of delivery • G2 parents lobbied for G2: 11 (n = 6) G1: 27.4 (n=7)
Academic styles (in particular ABA Lovaas/ABA intervention Communication/ G2: 21 (n=7)
Intervention techniques and TEACCH Exclusion criteria: language: VABS socializa-
setting:
approach), weekly • See inclusion criteria VABS communication, progress
School and home meetings with parents, Age, 28 months into tion, developmental made per month,
Enrollment SSA, project teacher, and study, months:
age, months: mean:
period:
class teacher
G1: 69.4
G1: 17.9
G1: 1.02 (n=7)
NR
ABA/Lovaas: children G2: 75.6
G2: 11.6 (n = 6) G2: 0.34 (n=6)
Funding: received a minimum of 30 Mental age:
Adaptive behavior: Communication/
LEA
hours one-to-one support BSID delevopmental age, VABS daily living, language:
Author industry per week, mainly at home, months:
developmental age, VABS
relationship from up to 5 therapists G1: 21.8 (n=8)
months:
communication,
disclosures: Assessments:
G2: 15.6 (n=5)
G1: 19.7
developmental
NR
Semi-structured Gender, n:
G2: 18.1 (n = 6) age, months:
Design: interviews conducted by Male:
Educational/cognit G1: 50.6 (n=7)
Retrospective staff from Manchester G1: 7
ive/academic G2: 25.3 (n=7)
cohort
University near beginning G2: 6
attainment: VABS
and end of study with Female:
BSID develop- communication,
Note: Full account parents, class teachers, G1: 2
mental age, months: progress made
of methodology senior LEA officers, G2: 2
G1: 21.8 (n=8) per month, mean:
and results from SSAs, ABA therapists, Race/ethnicity:
G2: 15.6 (n=5) G1: 1.57 (n=7)
interviews can be and ABA supervisors; NR
G2: 0.43 (n=6)
found in Trigonaki VABS and BSID baseline SES:
Adaptive
& Farrell, 2002 and post test
Maternal education: NR
behavior:
For all but one participant Household income: NR
VABS daily living,
the gap between assess- Diagnostic approach:
developmental
ments was ≥ 18 months Referral by educational
age, months:
(that one participant gap psychologist in Lancashire
G1: 35.0 (n=7)
between baseline and Diagnostic tool/method:
G2: 34.4 (n=7)
post assessment was 7 NR
VABS daily living,
months); the mean time Diagnostic category:
progress made
between assessments for Autism: 17 (100)
per month, mean:
G1 was 20 months and Other characteristics:
G1: 0.65 (n=7)
for G2 was 26 months NR
G2: 0.5 (n=6)
Groups:
Educational/
G1: LUFAP
cognitive/
G2: ABA/Lovaas
academic
Provider:
attainment:
• The LUFAP group was
BSID develop-
managed by project
mental age,
team (the Head of Pupil
months:
Services Division, the
G1: 29.8 (n=5)
Head of SEN Assessment,
a representative
from educational
psychology service, an
SEN advisor, and a
project teacher
G2: 27.2 (n=4)
Farrell et al., 2005 • For the LUFAP group
BSID, progress
(continued) day-to-day implement-
made per month,
tation: project teachers
mean:
(1.5 full time staff),
G1: 0.9 (n=4)
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