2009
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0791-7
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Brief Report: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Parent-Reported Autism Symptoms in School-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism

Abstract: This pilot study tested the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on parent-reported autism symptoms. Nineteen children with autism spectrum disorders and an anxiety disorder (7-11 years old) were randomly assigned to 16 sessions of CBT or a waitlist condition. The CBT program emphasized in vivo exposure supported by parent training and school consultation to promote social communication and emotion regulation skills. Parents completed a standardized autism symptom checklist at baseline and posttreatmen… Show more

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“…Furthermore, studies employing CBT interventions to target the core features of ASD, which may increase vulnerability to develop mental ill health, have been equally successful (e.g. impaired social skills (Wood et al 2009b), emotion regulation (Scarpa and Reyes 2011), reduced independence of daily living (Drahota et al 2011) and executive dysfunction (Kenworthy et al 2014). This suggests that, among this population, modified CBT may reduce immediate emotional distress and act to enhance resilience against developing future mood or affective disorders.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, studies employing CBT interventions to target the core features of ASD, which may increase vulnerability to develop mental ill health, have been equally successful (e.g. impaired social skills (Wood et al 2009b), emotion regulation (Scarpa and Reyes 2011), reduced independence of daily living (Drahota et al 2011) and executive dysfunction (Kenworthy et al 2014). This suggests that, among this population, modified CBT may reduce immediate emotional distress and act to enhance resilience against developing future mood or affective disorders.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A relatively straightforward explanation of this may lie in the hypothesized relationships between ASD and anxiety symptoms, and SRPs. Beyond the findings that modularized CBT adapted to meet the needs of youth with ASD and anxiety has been efficacious in reducing symptoms of anxiety [20], treatment response has also been associated with reductions in ASD-related social and behavioral symptom severity and related impairment [31,54]. It is possible that reduction of anxiety and/or ASD symptoms, which are hypothesized to act as maintaining variables for SRPs, would reduce characteristics generating or exacerbating sleep impairments.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Social skills programs for higher-functioning children and adolescents Many controlled trials 21,23,24,29,[59][60][61][62][63][64][65] and observational studies 25,26,30,31,[66][67][68][69][70] of social skills programs have been conducted. We conducted several meta-analyses on social skills studies that used similar outcome measures.…”
Section: Lowmentioning
confidence: 99%