Research: Brief Report: Relative Effectiveness of Different Home-Based Behavioral Approaches to Early Teaching Intervention

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Authored by Reed, P., Osborne LA, and Corness M. in J Autism Dev Disord, Volume 37, Issue 9, p. 1815-1821, (2007).

Article summary (posted Feb 25, 2008):

Home based applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy may work just as well as clinic-based ABA therapy.

The purpose of this study was to look to see whether home-based ABA-like therapies worked as well as clinic-based ABA therapy. The study looked at children aged 2.6-4 years who had severe autism. Children who received 30 hours per week of ABA therapy improved more than children who received 12 hours per week of ABA therapy. In some cases, though, the difference between the 30 hours per week programs and the 12 hours per week programs was not large. CABAS therapy (complete application of behavior analysis to schools) worked best of all.

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applied behavior analysis (ABA), autism, comprehensive application of behavior analysis to schooling (CABAS), home, intervention, school, therapy
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