ArticleJournal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Improvement of Autism Symptoms After Comprehensive Intensive Early Interventions in Community Settings.
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- Optimal dosage of group-based organized physical activity for enhancing social abilities in autistic children: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Overall prognosis of preschool autism spectrum disorder diagnoses.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Intensive behavioural interventions based on applied behaviour analysis for young children with autism: An international collaborative individual participant data meta-analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2021Pooled it
- Employing Evidence-Based Practices for Children with Autism in Elementary Schools.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Trial
- Evidence or no evidence for essential fatty acids in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders?Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Can EEG Correlates Predict Treatment Efficacy in Children with Overlapping ASD and SLI Symptoms: A Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Treatment of Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Trial to Evaluate a Learning Style Profile Intervention Program in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPreschool children with autism in southern Sweden participated in a comprehensive Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI) program.
aimsTo evaluate the ongoing NDBI program by comparing the pre- and postintervention outcomes in terms of improved autism symptom severity.
methodThe improvement of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-R) test results between baseline and evaluation among children participating in the NDBI program (
resultsThe study showed that children in the NDBI group improved their ADOS-R total scores between baseline and evaluation (-0.8 scores per year; 95% CI [-1.2, -0.4]), whereas no improvement was detected in the comparison group (+0.1 scores per year; 95% CI [-0.7, +0.9]). The change in the NDBI group versus the change in the comparison group was statistically significant after adjusting for possible confounders as well. Children in the NDBI group also significantly improved their ADOS severity scores, but the scores were not significantly different from those of the comparison group.
conclusionsThe results from the current naturalistic study must be interpreted cautiously, but they do support earlier studies reporting on improvement of autism symptoms after early intensive interventions. Results from observational studies are difficult to interpret, but it is nevertheless of uttermost importance to evaluate costly autism intervention programs. The results do indicate that children with autism benefit from participating in early comprehensive intensive programs.
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