Project AIM: Autism Intervention Meta-Analysis for Studies of Young Children
Psychological Bulletin
Sandbank, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., et al. (2020).
Psychological Bulletin, 146(1), 1-29.
This meta-analysis investigates nonpharmacological interventions in children, up to 8 years old, on the autism spectrum. A subset meta-analysis of intervention effects on language outcomes in children on the autism spectrum can be found in the Associated Article section.
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The article below is subset meta-analysis of intervention effects on language outcomes in children on the autism spectrum:<br />
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<li>Sandbank, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., et al. (2020). Intervention Effects on Language in Children With Autism: A Project AIM Meta-Analysis. <em>Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63</em>(5), 1537-1560.</li>
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From 1970 to November 16, 2017
Controlled group design studies
149
Findings suggested the following intervention types to have little evidence of effectiveness for social communication outcomes in children on the autism spectrum:<ul> <li>Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children (TEACCH; effect size [ES] = -0.11); and </li> <li>technology-based (ES = 0.05).</li></ul>
Findings of quasi-experimental and experimental studies suggested the following intervention types to have promising effectiveness for social communication outcomes in children on the autism spectrum:
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<li>naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention effect size (ES = 0.35);</li>
<li>developmental (ES = 0.30); and</li>
<li>behavioral (ES = 0.40).</li>
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