title: Early intensive behavioral intervention: outcomes for children with autism and their parents after two years.
abstract: An intervention group (n=23) of preschool children with autism was identified on the basis of parent preference for early intensive behavioral intervention and a comparison group (n=21) identified as receiving treatment as usual. Prospective assessment was undertaken before treatment, after 1 year of treatment, and again after 2 years. Groups did not differ on assessments at baseline but after 2 years, robust differences favoring intensive behavioral intervention were observed on measures of intelligence, language, daily living skills, positive social behavior, and a statistical measure of best outcome for individual children. Measures of parental well-being, obtained at the same three time points, produced no evidence that behavioral intervention created increased problems for either mothers or fathers of children receiving it.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Behavioural Research Analysis and intervention in Developmental Disabilities, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, UK. rer1@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Remington
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hastings
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kovshoff
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: degli Espinosa
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jahr
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alsford
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemaic
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010507:Periodicity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index