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: Overall ratings: Overall ratings:
Arick et al., 2003 Study of Oregon regional • Preschool students 2-6 ASIEP-2 autism ASIEP-2 autism
Country: programs for children with years of age
behavior checklist behavior checklist
US
Practice
setting:
ASD designed to track
educational progress of
students receiving home
• Primary diagnosis for
services was ASD
(confirmed by initial
score, mean ± SD:
Body/object use:
G1: 12.03 ± 7.08
score, 12-16
months, mean ±
SD:
Academic
Intervention
setting:
School
Enrollment
period:
1998
Funding:
U.S. Department
of Education
Author industry
relationship
disclosures:
NR
Design:
Prospective case
series
or school based services assessment results) Language: Body/object use:
over time.
• Nominated from Oregon G1: 14.07 ± 6.10 G1: 9.90 ± 7.87
Assessments:
regional programs for Total score: G1/BL: P ≤ 0.05
Outcome data were students with ASD G1: 70.47 ± 19.82 Language:
collected at baseline and • Child already involved in ASIEP-2 educa- G1: 12.23 ± 5.97
quarterly, biannually, and some type of school tional assessment G1/BL: P ≤ 0.05
annually; measures and/or home behavioral score, mean ± SD: Total score:
included standardized program
Receptive language: G1: 61.60 ± 25.86
tests, non-standardized Exclusion criteria: G1: 4.98 ± 3.08 G1/BL: P ≤ 0.05
forms, surveys, and • See inclusion criteria Expressive ASIEP-2 educa-
interviews
Age, years, n:
language:
tional assessment
ASIEP-2, EOWPVT (if G1:
G1: 2.83 ± 2.78 score, 12-16
reached ceiling on vocal 2: 9
Body concept: months, mean ±
behavior subtest of 3: 23
G1: 4.38 ± 3.80 SD:
ASIEP-2, quarterly), 4: 22
Speech imitation: Receptive
EBASAS (if reached 5: 10
G1: 5.22 ± 3.40 language:
ceiling on educational 6: 3
Total score: G1: 6.87 ± 3.50
assessment of ASIEP-2, Mental age:
G1: 28.82 ± 12.63 G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
quarterly), Battelle NR
ASIEP-2 social Expressive
Developmental Inventory Gender:
interaction assess- language:
(annually), VABS NR
ment score, mean ± G1: 4.63 ± 4.30
(annually), SLP, Program Race/ethnicity:
SD:
G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
Implementation Checklist NR
Appropriate social Body concept:
(at baseline & biannually), SES:
interactions: G1: 7.27 ± 4.37
parent survey (annually), Maternal education: NR G1: 5.63 ± 5.27 G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
classroom observation Household income: NR Self-stimulation/ Speech imitation:
form (annually)
Diagnostic approach: nonresponsive to G1: 7.37 ± 4.10
Groups:
In Study
adult:
G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
G1: children with ASD Diagnostic tool/method: G1: 22.86 ± 11.88 Total score:
Provider:
ASIEP
Total score: G1: 37.90 ± 15.44
• School based inter- Diagnostic category, n G1: 65.21 ± 15.35 G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
ventions tracked via a (%):
ASIEP-2 vocal ASIEP-2 social
program implementa- ASD: 67 (100)
behavior score, interaction
tion checklist
Other characteristics: mean ± SD: assessment
• Assessment specialists NR
Noncommunicative score, 12-16
trained by special
utterances: months, mean ±
education professionals
G1: 35.97 ± 14.03 SD:
Measure of treatment
Unintelligible Appropriate social
fidelity reported:
utterances: interactions:
No
G1: 37.41 ± 14.08 G1: 9.18 ± 8.15
Co-interventions held
Words used during G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
stable during treatment:
sample:
Self-stimulation/
No
G1: 25.39 ± 36.0 nonresponsive to
Expressive adult:
language age: G1: 17.37 ± 12.60
G1: 23.21 ± 8.50 G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
Total score:
G1: 56.19 ± 18.60
G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01
Arick et al., 2003 Concomitant therapies,
ASIEP-2 vocal
(continued) n:
behavior score,
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