Progress during intensive applied behavior analysis
Hayward, Eikeseth, Gale and Morgan has assessed the progress in treatment for young children receiving intensive behavioral interventions published in Autism, Vol 13(6), 2009.
They have assessed the progress for children receiving two types of service provision; an intensive clinic based treatment model and an intensive parent managed treatment model. They found significant improvement with all children, and no significant difference between groups. This indication that the use of ABA is the source of the improvement.
The authors measured progress using standardized instruments for intellectual functioning (Bayley, WPPSI-R), Visual-spatial skills (Merrill-Palmer), language functioning (Reynell), adaptive behaviors (Vineland). Showing progress on a variety of development areas.
Link to the article; Hayward, D., Eikeseth, S., Gale, C. & Morgan, S. (2009). Assessing progress during treatment for young children with autism receiving intensive behavioural interventions. Autism, 13(6), 613-633
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