Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: Empirically Validated Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Earlier autism diagnosis, the importance of early intervention, and development of specific interventions for young children have contributed to the emergence of similar, empirically supported, autism interventions that represent the merging of applied behavioral and developmental sciences. "Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBI)" are implemented in natural settings, involve shared control between child and therapist, utilize natural contingencies, and use a variety of behavioral strategies to teach developmentally appropriate and prerequisite skills. We describe the development of NDBIs, their theoretical bases, empirical support, requisite characteristics, common features, and suggest future research needs. We wish to bring parsimony to a field that includes interventions with different names but common features thus improving understanding and choice-making among families, service providers and referring agencies.
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA, lschreibman@ucsd.edu.
Laura
L
Schreibman
Geraldine
G
Dawson
Aubyn C
AC
Stahmer
Rebecca
R
Landa
Sally J
SJ
Rogers
Gail G
GG
McGee
Connie
C
Kasari
Brooke
B
Ingersoll
Ann P
AP
Kaiser
Yvonne
Y
Bruinsma
Erin
E
McNerney
Amy
A
Wetherby
Alycia
A
Halladay
D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans