Research: One-Year Follow-Up of the Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trials of a Home-Based Intervention Programme for Children with Autism and Developmental Delay and their Families

Authored by Rickards, AL, Walstab JE, Wright-Rossi RA, Simpson J., and Reddihough DS in Child: Care, Health and Development, Volume 35, Issue 5, p. 593-602, (2009).

Article summary (posted Feb 1, 2010):

Home-based therapy for children with autism may be most helpful for cognitive and language skills.

Preschool children with autism in this study (59 children, 3 to 5 years old) attended special intervention centers and also received additional home-based services. There were 40 home visits over 1 year. This study asked whether improvements in cognitive skills and behaviors were still present one year after intervention was stopped. Improvements in cognitive and language skills lasted, but improvements in behavior did not. The authors said that children from more highly-stressed families benefited the most.

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autism, cognitive, developmental delay, family, home, home-based therapy, intervention, language, preschool, therapy
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