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A Meta-Analytic Study on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive ABA-Based Early Intervention Programs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Peters-Scheffer, Nienke; Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert; Sturmey, Peter – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Excitement and controversy have surrounded the effectiveness of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) for young children with autism. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effectiveness of EIBI based on applied behavior analysis in young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). There were 11 studies with 344…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Early Intervention, Autism
Effectiveness of a Novel Community-Based Early Intervention Model for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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Smith, Isabel M.; Koegel, Robert L.; Koegel, Lynn K.; Openden, Daniel A.; Fossum, Kristin L.; Bryson, Susan E. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The Nova Scotia early intensive behavior intervention model--NS EIBI (Bryson et al., 2007) for children with autistic spectrum disorders was designed to be feasible and sustainable in community settings. It combines parent training and naturalistic one-to-one behavior intervention employing Pivotal Response Treatment--PRT (R. Koegel & Koegel,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Receptive Language, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Communication Intervention in Rett Syndrome: A Systematic Review
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Sigafoos, Jeff; Green, Vanessa A.; Schlosser, Ralf; O'eilly, Mark F.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Rispoli, Mandy; Lang, Russell – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
We reviewed communication intervention studies involving people with Rett syndrome. Systematic searches of five electronic databases, selected journals, and reference lists identified nine studies meeting the inclusion criteria. These studies were evaluated in terms of: (a) participant characteristics, (b) target skills, (c) procedures, (d) main…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Intervention, Receptive Language, Language Skills
Models and Determinants of Vocabulary Growth from Kindergarten to Adulthood
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Beitchman, Joseph H.; Jiang, Hedy; Koyama, Emiko; Johnson, Carla J.; Escobar, Michael; Atkinson, Leslie; Brownlie, E. B.; Vida, Ron – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Increasing evidence suggests that childhood language problems persist into early adulthood. Nevertheless, little is known about how individual and environmental characteristics influence the language growth of individuals identified with speech/language problems. Method: Individual growth curve models were utilised to examine how…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Early Intervention, Speech Impairments, Family Income
Exposure to English before and after Entry into Head Start: Bilingual Children's Receptive Language Growth in Spanish and English
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Hammer, Carol Scheffner; Lawrence, Frank R.; Miccio, Adele W. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008
This investigation examined the Spanish and English receptive vocabulary and language comprehension abilities of bilingual preschoolers who attended Head Start over a two-year period. It was hypothesised that bilingual children's development would follow linear trajectories and that the development of children who were only exposed to Spanish in…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Receptive Language, Raw Scores, Spanish Speaking
Program Evaluation Findings of an Intensive Early Intervention Program.
Fewell, Rebecca R.; Glick, Michelle P. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
An intensive early intervention program was evaluated by assessing gains made by 44 special needs children (age 2) in cognition, gross motor, fine motor, receptive language, and expressive language domains. Comparison of actual to predicted posttest scores did not reveal significant gains in any domains. In cognition, gross motor, and fine motor…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention