ERIC Number: EJ1196766
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-2154-1647
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Participation in Related Services and Behavioral, Social, and Adaptive Symptom Presentation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Freeman, Stephanny F. N.; Paparella, Tanya; Kim, Joanne J.; Whelan, Fiona; Hellemann, Gerhard; Forness, Steven
Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, v53 n4 p428-437 Dec 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) tend to receive several related services during their early school years. In this study, we followed 70 preschoolers with ASD and used parent reports to document the intensity of these services over a 4-year period, in relation to children's outcomes in three domains. While behavioral difficulties improved, social skills and adaptive abilities in children with ASD tended to remain impaired across development. We found that very young children with ASD received behavioral services regardless of need and overall standardized measures of behavioral difficulties showed improvement over 4 years. Further, over time, behavioral services were correlated to children's needs. Standardized measures of social skills improved significantly but scores remained impaired and services specific to this skill area were few. Adaptive abilities remained significantly impaired however, and adaptive services were very few, with little relationship to abilities over time.
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Correlation, Interpersonal Competence, Scores, Preschool Children, Parent Attitudes, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Outcomes of Treatment, Intervention, Services, Cognitive Development, Young Children, Intelligence Tests, Child Behavior, Check Lists, Cognitive Ability, Children, Motor Development, Behavior Rating Scales
Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. DDD, P.O. Box 3512, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Tel: 479-575-3326; Fax: 479-575-6676; Web site: http://daddcec.org/Publications/ETADDJournal.aspx
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence; Child Behavior Checklist; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
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