title: [Clinical efficacy of structured institution-based teaching programme combined with family rehabilitation training in treatment of childhood autism].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical efficacy of a structured institution-based teaching programme combined with family rehabilitation training in the treatment of childhood autism.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred children with autism were divided into a combination therapy group (n=50) and a control group (n=50). The children in the control group received a structured institution-based teaching programme, and the children in the combination therapy group received a family rehabilitation training besides the structured institution-based teaching programme. Comparisons were made between the two groups by the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) score, Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) score, and Chinese version of Psychoeducational Profile (C-PEP) sore.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 12-months training, each dimension score and total score of ABC in the combination therapy group were all significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The combination therapy group had significantly lower dimension scores and total score of ATEC than the control group (P<0.05). Each dimension score and total score of C-PEP were significantly higher in the combination therapy than in the control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As an effective treatment mode for childhood autism, structured institution-based teaching programme combined with family rehabilitation training is worthy of clinical promotion and application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health Care, Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Jinan 250001, China. liuchao11w@sina.com.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chuan-Guo
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Feng-Xiang
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Li-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Li-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-Ying
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Nie
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D057189:Checklist; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013663:Teaching