Outcome for children with autism receiving EIBI in mainstream settings.
The evidence of Early and Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) has been established through several studies. However is is necessary to investigate the effect of EIBI in mainstream setting. Mainstream settings as preschools and kindergarten may vary greatly among con tries and probably between districts in each country. This supports the need for several studies investigating different setting and characteristics of these settings.
Now Eikeseth, Klintwall, Jahr and Karlsson have published a study on the outcome for children with autism receiving early and intensive behavioral intervention in mainstream preschool and kindergarten setting in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. In this study they indlucet 35 children in the treatment group and 24 children in a comparison group. This study shows that the children in the EIBI group scored significantly higher on standard scores of adaptive behavior after one year of treatment.