The Scottish Centre for Autism Preschool Treatment Programme

Salt, Jeff; Shemilt, John; Sellars, Val; Boyd, Sheila; Coulson, Tracey; McCool, Susan

doi:10.1177/1362361302006001004

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“…Response training was superior to standard care in quality of reciprocal social communication and expressive language [32]. Finally, one small trial evaluated the Scottish Centre program versus a wait-list control and demonstrated positive results in joint attention, social interaction, imitation, daily living skills, motor skills, and adaptive behaviour [111].…”

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Behavioural and Developmental Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Systematic Review

et al. 2008

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BackgroundMuch controversy exists regarding the clinical efficacy of behavioural and developmental interventions for improving the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We conducted a systematic review to summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of behavioural and developmental interventions for ASD.Methods and FindingsComprehensive searches were conducted in 22 electronic databases through May 2007. Further information was obtained through hand searching journals, searching reference lists, databases of theses and dissertations, and contacting experts in the field. Experimental and observational analytic studies were included if they were written in English and reported the efficacy of any behavioural or developmental intervention for individuals with ASD. Two independent reviewers made the final study selection, extracted data, and reached consensus on study quality. Results were summarized descriptively and, where possible, meta-analyses of the study results were conducted. One-hundred-and-one studies at predominantly high risk of bias that reported inconsistent results across various interventions were included in the review. Meta-analyses of three controlled clinical trials showed that Lovaas treatment was superior to special education on measures of adaptive behaviour, communication and interaction, comprehensive language, daily living skills, expressive language, overall intellectual functioning and socialization. High-intensity Lovaas was superior to low-intensity Lovaas on measures of intellectual functioning in two retrospective cohort studies. Pooling the results of two randomized controlled trials favoured developmental approaches based on initiative interaction compared to contingency interaction in the amount of time spent in stereotyped behaviours and distal social behaviour, but the effect sizes were not clinically significant. No statistically significant differences were found for: Lovaas versus special education for non-verbal intellectual functioning; Lovaas versus Developmental Individual-difference relationship-based intervention for communication skills; computer assisted instruction versus no treatment for facial expression recognition; and TEACCH versus standard care for imitation skills and eye-hand integration.ConclusionsWhile this review suggests that Lovaas may improve some core symptoms of ASD compared to special education, these findings are based on pooling of a few, methodologically weak studies with few participants and relatively short-term follow-up. As no definitive behavioural or developmental intervention improves all symptoms for all individuals with ASD, it is recommended that clinical management be guided by individual needs and availability of resources.

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Behavioural and Developmental Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Systematic Review

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“…None of the children in the Camberwell cohort had the opportunity for participating in truly early intervention programmes (Lovaas, 1987;McEachin, Smith, & Lovaas, 1993;Salt et al, 2002), though many of them did receive behavioural support programmes in later childhood and adult life. It could be argued of course that these early intervention programmes have not been universally successful (Bibby, Eikeseth, Martin, Mudford, & Reeves, 2001) and that measures of change in the programmes have not always been the most appropriate (Kasari, 2002), but nevertheless it will be interesting to see if, in future cohorts of children, who do have the opportunities afforded by early intervention programmes, there will be lower levels of chronicity in abnormal behaviours.…”

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Chronicity of Challenging Behaviours in People with Severe Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism: A Total Population Sample

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J Autism Dev Disord

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The skills, social impairments and challenging behaviours of a total population of 166 children, with severe intellectual disabilities and/or autism, were assessed through interview with the main carers, when the children were under 15 years old (time 1). Twelve years later, 141 of these individuals were re-assessed, using the same measures (time 2). "Abnormal" behaviours tended to reduce with age and were associated with poorer language skills and poorer quality of social interaction. Individuals with most abnormal behaviours at time 1, tended to have most at time 2. Abnormal behaviour at time 2 was predicted by the presence of abnormal behaviour at time 1, poor expressive language at time 1, poor quality of social interaction at time 1 and a diagnosis of autism/autistic continuum at time 1.

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“…As is true for those with Asperger's disorder, social skills training has been shown effective in helping children with autism develop better social interaction, daily living skills, and adaptive behavior (Salt et al, 2002). Social skills training should provide opportunities for children to practice reciprocal conversation, both in and out of social skills groups.…”

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Brief Education About Autism Spectrum Disorders for Family Therapists

Bradford

2010

J. of Family Psychotherapy

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The Scottish Centre for Autism Preschool Treatment Programme

Cited by 71 publications

References 20 publications

Behavioural and Developmental Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Systematic Review

Behavioural and Developmental Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Systematic Review

Chronicity of Challenging Behaviours in People with Severe Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism: A Total Population Sample

Brief Education About Autism Spectrum Disorders for Family Therapists

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