1. Pivotal Response Treatment for School-Aged Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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de Korte, Manon W. P., van den Berk-Smeekens, Iris, Buitelaar, Jan. K., Staal, Wouter G., and van Dongen-Boomsma, Martine
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TREATMENT of autism , *SOCIALIZATION , *ANALYSIS of variance , *COMMUNICATIVE competence , *BEHAVIOR therapy , *TREATMENT duration , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *COMPARATIVE studies , *PARENTING , *T-test (Statistics) , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *CHI-squared test , *REPEATED measures design , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *STATISTICAL sampling , *CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders , *PARENT-child relationships , *DATA analysis software , *EVALUATION , *CHILDREN , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is promising for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but more methodologically robust designed studies are needed. In this randomized controlled trial, forty-four children with ASD, aged 9–15 years, were randomly allocated to PRT (n = 22) or treatment-as-usual (TAU; n = 22). Measurements were obtained after 12- and 20-weeks treatment, and 2-month follow-up. PRT resulted in significant greater improvements on parent-rated social-communicative skills after 12 weeks treatment (p =.004, partial η2 = 0.22), compared to TAU. Furthermore, larger gains in PRT compared to TAU were observed on blindly rated global functioning, and parent-rated adaptive socialization skills and attention problems. Implications for clinical practice and suggestions for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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