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A two-year prospective follow-up study of community-based early intensive behavioural intervention and specialist nursery provision for children with autism spectrum disorders.
- Source :
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Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines [J Child Psychol Psychiatry] 2007 Aug; Vol. 48 (8), pp. 803-12. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Background: This prospective study compared outcome for pre-school children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) receiving autism-specific nursery provision or home-based Early Intensive Behavioural Interventions (EIBI) in a community setting.<br />Methods: Forty-four 23- to 53-month-old children with ASD participated (28 in EIBI home-based programmes; 16 in autism-specific nurseries). Cognitive, language, play, adaptive behaviour skills and severity of autism were assessed at intake and 2 years later.<br />Results: Both groups showed improvements in age equivalent scores but standard scores changed little over time. At follow-up, there were no significant group differences in cognitive ability, language, play or severity of autism. The only difference approaching significance (p = .06), in favour of the EIBI group, was for Vineland Daily Living Skills standard scores. However, there were large individual differences in progress, with intake IQ and language level best predicting overall progress.<br />Conclusions: Home-based EIBI, as implemented in the community, and autism-specific nursery provision produced comparable outcomes after two years of intervention.
- Subjects :
- Autistic Disorder economics
Autistic Disorder psychology
Behavior Therapy
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Community Health Services economics
Community Health Services statistics & numerical data
Early Intervention, Educational economics
Early Intervention, Educational statistics & numerical data
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Social Behavior
Socialization
United Kingdom
Autistic Disorder therapy
Child Behavior psychology
Community Health Services methods
Early Intervention, Educational methods
Schools, Nursery economics
Schools, Nursery statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9630
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17683452
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01756.x