Systematic Reviews of Psychosocial Interventions for Autism: An Umbrella Review
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
Seida, J. K., Ospina, M. B., et al. (2009).
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 51(2), 95-104.
This umbrella review investigates the effect of psychosocial interventions on a variety of outcomes (e.g., behavioral functioning, functional skills, social-communication skills) in individuals on the autism spectrum.
Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta (Canada)
This umbrella review includes some articles that are available elsewhere in the Evidence Maps. See the Associated Article section below for additional information. For a full listing of the articles included in the umbrella review, see the <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03211.x">full text article</a>.
Through May 2007
Systematic reviews
30
Reviews with meta-analyses of social skills development interventions reported positive outcomes for behavioral functioning, functional skills, and social-communication skills (p. 99), whereas reviews without meta-analyses of social skills development interventions reported positive outcomes for eye contact, functional skills, joint attention, motor imitation, perspective-taking skills, reduction in problem behavior/tantrums, social behavior, social communication skills, and verbal and non-verbal communication (p. 100). However, there was no evidence to suggest that one treatment was superior to another [i.e., behavioral, communication-focused, parent-mediated, sensory-motor, and social skills treatments).
