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Outcome for Children Receiving the Early Start Denver Model Before and After 48 Months
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Outcome for Children Receiving the Early Start Denver Model Before and After 48 Months

Giacomo Vivanti, Cheryl Dissanayake and Victorian ASELCC Team
Journal of autism and developmental disorders, v 46(7), pp 2441-2449
Jul 2016
PMID: 27020055

Abstract

Adaptation, Psychological Autistic Disorder - diagnosis Autistic Disorder - psychology Autistic Disorder - therapy Behavior Therapy - methods Behavior Therapy - trends Child Child, Preschool Early Medical Intervention - methods Early Medical Intervention - trends Female Humans Male Treatment Outcome
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is an intervention program recommended for pre-schoolers with autism ages 12-48 months. The rationale for this recommendation is the potential for intervention to affect developmental trajectories during early sensitive periods. We investigated outcomes of 32 children aged 18-48 months and 28 children aged 48-62 months receiving the ESDM for one year (approximately 20 h per week). Younger children achieved superior verbal DQ gains compared to their older counterparts. There were no group differences with respect to non-verbal DQ and adaptive behavior (with both age-groups undergoing significant change), or ASD severity (with neither age-group showing improvements on the ADOS). The association between verbal DQ gains and age at intake was moderated by baseline verbal level.

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