1. The Effect of Pivotal Response Treatment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Non-randomized Study with a Blinded Outcome Measure
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H. Klip, Iris J. Oosterling, Jan K. Buitelaar, E. A. Duifhuis, J. C. den Boer, and A. Doornbos
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Male ,Parents ,050103 clinical psychology ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Autism Spectrum Disorder ,Autism ,Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ,law.invention ,Randomized controlled trial ,Behavior Therapy ,law ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Single-Blind Method ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Child ,Children ,Motor skill ,ADOS ,Problem Behavior ,Original Paper ,Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7] ,05 social sciences ,Outcome measures ,Pivotal response treatment ,food and beverages ,Cognition ,medicine.disease ,Treatment Outcome ,Autism spectrum disorder ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 169846.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Purpose of this quasi-experimental trial was to investigate the effect of Pivotal response treatment (PRT) versus treatment as usual (TAU) on autism symptoms. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), aged 3-8 years, received either PRT (n = 11) or TAU (n = 13). Primary outcome measure was the total score on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule at pre- and posttreatment. Additionally, general problem behavior and parental stress levels were measured. Children in the PRT condition improved on the primary outcome measure compared to the TAU group with a small effect size [partial eta2 = 0.22 (95 % CI 0.00-0.46)]. Neither group demonstrated significant changes in the secondary outcomes. This study suggests that PRT may improve autism symptoms in children with ASD over TAU. 12 p.
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- 2017