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Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Evidence Table. <strong>Therapies</strong> <strong>for</strong> children with ASD<br />

Study<br />

Inclusion/Exclusion<br />

Description Intervention<br />

Gluten-free and caseinfree<br />

diet: 8<br />

Secretin: 7<br />

Vitamins: 6<br />

Dimethylglycine: 5<br />

ABA programs: 4<br />

Magnesium: 3<br />

B-6 vitamins: 3<br />

Swimming: 3<br />

Dairy-free diet: 3<br />

Speech therapy: 3<br />

Private preschool: 3<br />

Gluten-free diet: 3<br />

Yeast-free diet: 2<br />

Audio sensory training: 2<br />

Respite care: 2<br />

In-home aide to assist<br />

with functional skills: 2<br />

Occupational therapy: 2<br />

19 others: 1<br />

N at enrollment:<br />

G1: 67<br />

N at follow-up:<br />

G1: 56<br />

Criteria/Population<br />

C-354<br />

Baseline<br />

Measures Outcomes<br />

mean ± SD:<br />

Noncommunicative<br />

utterances:<br />

G1: 23.17 ± 18.20<br />

G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01<br />

Unintelligible<br />

utterances:<br />

G1: 24.68 ± 20.43<br />

G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01<br />

Words used<br />

during sample:<br />

G1: 52.37 ± 52.32<br />

G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01<br />

Expressive<br />

language age:<br />

G1: 33.51 ± 16.70<br />

G1/BL: P ≤ 0.01<br />

Harms:<br />

NR<br />

Modifiers:<br />

Gain in<br />

expressive<br />

language age at<br />

follow-up was<br />

significantly<br />

correlated with<br />

follow-up IQ score<br />

(r = 0.469, P =<br />

0.05), and Battelle<br />

Develop-mental<br />

Inventory<br />

cognitive domain<br />

age-equivalent<br />

scores at baseline<br />

(r = 0.498, P =<br />

0.05) and followup<br />

(r = 0.511, P =<br />

0.05).

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