Research summaries for autism therapy: high-functioning autism

definition of high-functioning autism: Refers to higher skill levels in people who have some kind of special need or impairment. For people with autism, there is a range of severity of autism between individuals. For example, someone who has good communication skills and appropriate behaviors is said to be high functioning.
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Increasing Independence in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Three Focused Interventions, Summarized May 4, 2010

Interventions such as self-monitoring, video modeling, and individual work systems may help children with autism to be more independent.

While autism therapies may teach skills to children with autism, often the children depend on adult support in order to do these skills. Even people with high-functioning autism may rely a lot on adult prompts and feedback. The fact that many children and adults with autism cannot function by themselves means that they have poorer outcomes. Many interventions for children with autism focus on helping children to function by themselves. This article describes things that prevent people with autism from working by themselves and three interventions that may promote independence.

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Brief Report: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Parent-Reported Autism Symptoms in School-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism, Summarized Apr 15, 2010

Core autism symptoms such as social communication deficits may be improved by cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Social communication problems have proven hard to change through social skills training. This pilot study was designed to see the effect of a CBT program on parent-reported core autism symptoms. The study had 19 children (7 to 11 years old) with high-functioning autism who received 16 sessions of CBT. The CBT program focused on children’s emotion regulation, on-site social coaching, parent training, and school support. The authors found that parent-reported autism symptoms were lower in the CBT group than in the waitlist control group.

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Concept Mastery Routines to Teach Social Skills to Elementary Children with High Functioning Autism, Summarized Apr 13, 2010

Direct visual approaches to teach social skills may be very helpful for children with autism who are mainstreamed in elementary school.

Students with high functioning autism, in the absence of social skills training, who are placed in the classroom with neurotypical peers may have problems with normal behavior. The purpose of this study was to see if concept mastery routines could be used to enhance the social skills of children with high functioning autism. Concept mastery routines are a type of direct training of social skills that uses a visual method of teaching. The children were also given many chances to practice their social skills with their peers. All four students in this study showed improved social skills after the use of concept mastery routines.

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‘Hath Charms to Soothe…’: An Exploratory Study of How High-functioning Adults with ASD Experience Music, Summarized Feb 19, 2010

Music therapy may be very helpful for adults with autism.

Twelve high-functioning adults with autism were asked about their personal experiences with music. Some of the adults said they liked using music to help change their moods, reduce loneliness, and have a sense of belonging. Some also said they liked performing music. Some of the adults liked the structure and melodies in classical music. And some adults liked the emotional, mood-changing aspects of pop music. The authors said that many people with autism may respond profoundly to music, and that music may be beneficial in many ways.

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Synonyms for high-functioning autism include: high functioning, high functioning autism, high-functioning
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