RCT of a Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology : the Official Journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
Christopher LopataAdam J Booth

Abstract

This study tested the efficacy of an intensive outpatient psychosocial treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID). Eighty-eight children (ages 7-12 years) were randomly assigned to the treatment or control (waitlist) condition. The 18-week cognitive-behavioral treatment (two 90-min sessions per week) included small-group instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social/social-communication skills, face-emotion recognition, nonliteral language skills, and interest expansion. A behavioral system was used to increase skills development and reduce ASD symptoms. Efficacy was tested immediately following treatment (posttest), with maintenance assessed 4-6 weeks later (follow-up). Measures included parent ratings of the children's social/social-communication skills, ASD symptoms, broad social skills, and behavior symptoms, child tests of social-cognitive skills (emotion recognition and nonliteral language), and behavioral observations. Significant effects favoring the treatment group were found at posttest on the primary measures of ASD symptoms (Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition; Constantino & Gruber, 2012) and social/social-communication skills (Adapted Skillstrea...Continue Reading

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