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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 11/2010

01-11-2010 | Original paper

RCT of a Manualized Social Treatment for High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Auteurs: Christopher Lopata, Marcus L. Thomeer, Martin A. Volker, Jennifer A. Toomey, Robert E. Nida, Gloria K. Lee, Audrey M. Smerbeck, Jonathan D. Rodgers

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 11/2010

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Abstract

This RCT examined the efficacy of a manualized social intervention for children with HFASDs. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment or wait-list conditions. Treatment included instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social skills, face-emotion recognition, interest expansion, and interpretation of non-literal language. A response-cost program was applied to reduce problem behaviors and foster skills acquisition. Significant treatment effects were found for five of seven primary outcome measures (parent ratings and direct child measures). Secondary measures based on staff ratings (treatment group only) corroborated gains reported by parents. High levels of parent, child and staff satisfaction were reported, along with high levels of treatment fidelity. Standardized effect size estimates were primarily in the medium and large ranges and favored the treatment group.
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Metagegevens
Titel
RCT of a Manualized Social Treatment for High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Auteurs
Christopher Lopata
Marcus L. Thomeer
Martin A. Volker
Jennifer A. Toomey
Robert E. Nida
Gloria K. Lee
Audrey M. Smerbeck
Jonathan D. Rodgers
Publicatiedatum
01-11-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 11/2010
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-0989-8

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