What are key factors to effective intervention?
Since there are over 2000 publications in the field of autism, the National Research Council assembled a team of well-respected individuals in the field of autism treatment for that resource. You can find it online at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/index.php. This report was commissioned by the US Department of Education and you will see in the Executive Summary that they advocate for a minimum of 25 hours per week of early intervention for all children with Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and PDD-NOS. Additionally, the U.S. Surgeon General states that “thirty years of research has demonstrated the efficacy of applied behavioral methods in reducing inappropriate behavior and in increasing communication, learning, and appropriate social behavior. A well-designed study of a psychosocial intervention was carried out by Lovaas and colleagues (Lovaas, 1987; McEachin et al., 1993). Nineteen children with autism were treated intensively with behavior therapy for 2 years and
Since there are over 2000 publications in the field of autism, the National Research Council assembled a team of well-respected individuals in the field of autism treatment for that resource. You can find it online at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/index.php. This report was commissioned by the US Department of Education and you will see in the Executive Summary that they advocate for a minimum of 25 hours per week of early intervention for all children with Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and PDD-NOS. Additionally, the U.S. Surgeon General states that “thirty years of research has demonstrated the efficacy of applied behavioral methods in reducing inappropriate behavior and in increasing communication, learning, and appropriate social behavior. A well-designed study of a psychosocial intervention was carried out by Lovaas and colleagues (Lovaas, 1987; McEachin et al., 1993). Nineteen children with autism were treated intensively with behavior therapy for 2 years and
