What current research has been done showing the effectiveness of behavioral treatment?
Between 1985 and 2000, there were over 500 articles published concerning Applied Behavior Analysis and autism. More recently, the July/August 2005 issue of the Journal of Research and Developmental Disabilities features a study demonstrating that intensive ABA therapy is significantly more effective than an eclectic, special education approach that uses a variety of techniques. This is the second study of its kind to compare two specific treatments while controlling for variables such as treatment intensity so that students in both groups received the same number of hours of therapy. Finally, Dr. Glen Sallows from the Wisconsin Early Autism Project has recently published outcome data in the November 2005 issue of the American Journal of Mental Retardation for the long anticipated follow-up replication of Dr. Lovaas’ original study.
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