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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2014

Comparative efficacy of LEAP, TEACCH and non-model-specific special education programs for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders.

Brian A Boyd, Kara Hume, Matthew T McBee, Michael Alessandri, Anibal Gutierrez, Leanne Johnson, Laurie Sperry, Samuel L Odom

Abstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Intervention Effects on Language in Children With Autism: A Project AIM Meta-Analysis.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020
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  13. Proportion and Profile of Autistic Children Not Acquiring Spoken Language Despite Receiving Evidence-Based Early Interventions.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2025
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  16. Examining Feasibility and Outcomes of the PEERS® for Preschoolers Program.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Brian A BoydDivision of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2050 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA, brian_boyd@med.unc.edu.
Kara Hume
Matthew T McBee
Michael Alessandri
Anibal Gutierrez
Leanne Johnson
Laurie Sperry
Samuel L Odom

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LEAP and TEACCH represent two comprehensive treatment models (CTMs) that have been widely used across several decades to educate young children with autism spectrum disorders. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to compare high fidelity LEAP (n = 22) and TEACCH (n = 25) classrooms to each other and a control condition (n = 28), in which teachers in high quality special education programs used non-model-specific practices. A total of 198 children were included in data analysis. Across conditions, children's performances improved over time. This study raises issues of the replication of effects for CTMs, and whether having access to a high quality special education program is as beneficial as access to a specific CTM.

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ChildChild Development Disorders, PervasiveChild, PreschoolEducation, SpecialFemaleHumansMaleModels, EducationalPatient Education as TopicUnited States

Identifiers

PMID23812661

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