ASAT
Research Synopses
In our Research Synopses section you will find overviews of published research articles for families, teachers, and other service providers. Our most recent reviews are divided into sections on why the topic matters, what the researchers did, what the researchers found, and the strengths and weaknesses of the study.
Summaries Of Scientific Research On Interventions On Autism
Psychological, Educational, and Therapeutic Interventions
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Two year prospective follow-up on community-based EIBI
- Real-world effectiveness of early teaching interventions for children with autism
- Evidence-based comprehensive treatments for early autism
- Early intensive behavioral intervention: Outcomes for children with autism and their parents after two years
- Early intensive behavioral treatment: Replication of the UCLA model in a community setting
- Systematic review of early intensive behavioral interventions for children with autism
- Meta-analysis of early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism
- Comments on Spreckley and Boyd (2009). Efficacy of applied behavioral intervention in preschool children with autism for improving cognitive, language, and adaptive behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Change in autism core symptoms with intervention
- Comprehensive synthesis of early intensive behavioral interventions for young children with autism based on the UCLA young autism project model
- Outcome of comprehensive psycho-educational interventions for young children with autism
- Randomized, controlled trial of an intervention for toddlers with autism: The early start Denver model
- Project TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children)
- LEAP Model
- Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)
- Parent Training Program
- Sensory-based Interventions
Biomedical Interventions
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Using behavior analysis to examine outcome of unproven therapies: An evaluation of the hyperbaric oxygen chamber
- Double-blind controlled trial of hyperbaric treatment for children with autism
- Randomized trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for children with autism
- Medications
- Ritalin (methylphenidate)
- Randomized, controlled, crossover trial of Methylphenidate in PDD with hyperactivity
- Lack of efficacy of Citalopram in children with autism spectrum disorders and high levels of repetitive behaviors
- Medication and parent training in children with pervasive developmental disorders and serious behavior problems: results from a randomized clinical trial
- Special Diets
- Gluten-Free Casein-Free Diet (GfCf Diet)
Procedures to Teach Specific Skills for Individuals with Autism
- Joint Attention
- Multiple effects of joint attention intervention for children with autism
- Joint attention training for children with autism using behavior modification procedures
- Joint attention and symbolic play in young children with autism: A randomized controlled intervention study
- Teaching children with autism to respond to joint attention initiations
- Communication Skills
- A Randomized Comparison of the effect of two prelinguistic communication interventions on the acquisition of spoken communication in preschoolers with ASD
- Randomized controlled trial of Hanen's "More than words" in toddlers with early autism symptoms
- Social Skills
- Reading Skills
