Title |
Effectiveness of a Home Program Intervention for Young Children with Autism
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Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, February 1998
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DOI | 10.1023/a:1026006818310 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sally Ozonoff, Kristina Cathcart |
Abstract |
This project evaluated the effectiveness of a TEACCH-based home program intervention for young children with autism. Parents were taught how to work with their preschool autistic child in the home setting, focusing on cognitive, academic, and prevocational skills essential to later school success. To evaluate the efficacy of the program, two matched groups of children were compared, a treatment group and a no-treatment control group, each consisting of 11 subjects. The treatment group was provided with approximately 4 months of home programming and was tested before and after the intervention with the Psychoeducational Profile-Revised (PEP-R). The control group did not receive the treatment but was tested at the same 4-month interval. The groups were matched on age, pretest PEP-R scores, severity of autism, and time to follow-up. Results demonstrated that children in the treatment group improved significantly more than those in the control group on the PEP-R subtests of imitation, fine motor, gross motor, and nonverbal conceptual skills, as well as in overall PEP-R scores. Progress in the treatment group was three to four times greater than that in the control group on all outcome tests. This suggests that the home program intervention was effective in enhancing development in young children with autism. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Canada | 2 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 286 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 46 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 35 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 12% |
Researcher | 30 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 10% |
Other | 58 | 20% |
Unknown | 63 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 98 | 33% |
Social Sciences | 34 | 12% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 5% |
Arts and Humanities | 8 | 3% |
Other | 37 | 13% |
Unknown | 71 | 24% |