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:
Grey et al., Teacher Training in • Autistic Disorder
2005
Applied Behavior Analysis Exclusion criteria:
Country: using Person Focused See Inclusion Criteria
Ireland
Training (see Provider
below) . Teachers Age, mean/yrs (range):
Practice identified target behavior 8 years 2 months (2 years
setting:
and intervention goal for 10 months – 15 years)
Academic one child with autism in
their classrooms. Mental age:
Duration: 10.2 Months NR
Frequency: sessions with Gender:
children Varied – See M, n (%): 8 (73)
Baseline Measures F, n (%): 3 (27)
Intervention
setting:
University
Classroom
Enrollment
period:
NR
Funding:
NR
Author industry
relationship
disclosures:
NR
Design:
case series
Assessments:
All of the following were
Participant Completed:
• Comprehensive
Function Assessment
– included child’s
ecological background,
schedule of daily
activities, social
interactions, functions,
cognitive ability, health
issues, and life story
• Inventory of favorite
things
• Communication
Assessment - including
receptive and
expressive language
ability
Groups:
G1a: goal of reduction in
target Behavior
G1b: goal of increase in
target Behavior
Provider:
11 Female Special Needs
Teachers with general
education degrees or
diplomas. All teachers
underwent 90 hours of
classroom
instruction/supervision (45
hours – basic principles of
ABA, 45 hour –
application of said
principles in practical
settings.) Duration of
training lasted 13 days
over a 7 month period
Race/ethnicity:
NR
SES:
Maternal education: NR
Household income: NR
Diagnostic approach:
Referral
Diagnostic tool/method:
NR
Diagnostic category, n
(%):
Autism: 11 (100)
Other characteristics:
C-302
Baseline
Measures Outcomes
Baseline Sessions Intervention
for each child, mean Sessions mean ±
± SD (range): 11.5 ± SD (range): 12 ±
7.4 (3-23)
9.3 (3-27)
Problem Behavior:
Frequency of
Occurrence of target
behavior, mean ±
SD (range):
G1a: 23.5 ± 19.8
(2.9-54)
G1b: 5.8 ± 4.8 (1.4-
11)
Problem
behavior:
Frequency of
Target Behavior,
mean ± SD
(range):
G1a: 7.2 ± 9.2
(0.6-26.7)
G1a: Reduction in
rate of target
behavior (Z = -
2.521, P < 0.05)
G1b: 13.6 ± 11.3
(1.7-24.3) [not
able to perform
statistical tests]
Harms:
NR
Modifiers:
NR