ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2017
Should we change targets and methods of early intervention in autism, in favor of a strengths-based education?
Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05909670 (FASTT Telehealth Behavioral Support Service for Caregivers of Children With Developmental Delay or Disability), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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FASTT Telehealth Behavioral Support Service for Caregivers of Children With Developmental Delay or Disability
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of the Contribution of Dance Movement Psychotherapy Towards the Well-Being of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Music improves social communication and auditory-motor connectivity in children with autism.Translational psychiatry · 2018Trial
- Typical versus delayed speech onset influences verbal reporting of autistic interests.Molecular autism · 2017Trial
- Upholding Anti-ableism in Applied Behavior Analysis: A Strengths-Based Approach to Goal Writing and Direct Service.Behavior analysis in practice · 2026Review
- Early manifestations of unexpected bilingualism in minimally verbal autism.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Autistic interests: wide-ranging and intellectually oriented.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Autonomy-Supportive Circuit Training Program: Differential effects on adaptive behavior and emotional symptoms in children with and without autism spectrum disorder.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Gaming in the intervention and support process: A realist evaluation of a gaming-based programme.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- The mental health rewards of interpersonal strengths: kindness and social intelligence are linked to lower internalizing and externalizing problems in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- How auditory processing influences the autistic profile: A review.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2024Review
- The Earlier, the Better? An In-Depth Interview Study on the Ethics of Early Detection with Parents of Children at an Elevated Likelihood for Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Enhanced interest in letters and numbers in autistic children.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- Autistic preschoolers display reduced attention orientation for competition but intact facilitation from a parallel competitor: Eye-tracking and behavioral data.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Social Validity of Pivotal Response Treatment for Young Autistic Children: Perspectives of Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Heart rate variability biofeedback to reduce anxiety in autism spectrum disorder - a mini review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Understanding strengths and challenges of people with autism: insights from parents and practitioners.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2024Article
- Psychological strengths and well-being: Strengths use predicts quality of life, well-being and mental health in autism.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- Development of stigma-related support for autistic adults: Insights from the autism community.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- Toward a more comprehensive autism assessment: the survey of autistic strengths, skills, and interests.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Psychosocial interventions for autistic children and adolescents delivered by non-specialists in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) and its recent variant, naturalist developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI) aim to increase socialization and communication, and to decrease repetitive and challenging behaviors in preschool age autistic children. These behaviorist techniques are based on the precocity and intensity of the intervention, face-to-face interaction, errorless learning, and information fragmentation. Once considered to be "scientifically proven", the efficacy of these approaches has been called into question in the last decade due to poor-quality data, small effects, low cost-efficiency, and the evolution of ethical and societal standards. Grounded on a reappraisal of the genetic and cognitive neuroscience of autism, we question three aspects of EIBI/NDBI: their focus on prerequisites for typical socio-communicative behaviors, their lack of consideration of autistic language development and learning modes, and their negative view of repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. We propose alternative predictions for empirical validation, based on the strengths of prototypical autistic children: (a) their non-verbal intelligence should be normally distributed and within the normal range; (b) improving access to non-communicative verbal and written auditory language material should favor their subsequent speech development and
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