AGE AT INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOME FOR AUTISTIC-CHILDREN IN A COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
AGE AT INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT OUTCOME FOR AUTISTIC-CHILDREN IN A COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
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DOI：
10.1016/s0270-4684(85)80005-7
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发表时间：
1985-01-01
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MCCLANNAHAN, LE
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作者：
FENSKE, EC;ZALENSKI, S;MCCLANNAHAN, LE
这项研究比较了9名在60个月前开始接受强化行为干预的自闭症儿童的治疗结果，以及另外9名在60个月后接受同样干预计划的儿童的治疗结果。样本中的18名儿童包括1975年至1983年期间接受普林斯顿（美国新泽西州）儿童发展研究所日间学校和治疗项目服务的所有被诊断为自闭症的儿童，他们要么(a)获得积极出院，要么(b)参加该项目24个月或更长时间并继续接受项目服务。项目开始时的年龄被发现与积极的治疗结果（即儿童继续与他们的亲生父母居住和参加公立学校课程）密切相关。这项研究强调了早期行为干预对自闭症儿童的重要性。
This study compared the treatment outcomes of nine autistic children who began receiving intensive behavioral intervention prior to 60 months of age with outcomes for nine other children who entered the same intervention program after 60 months of age. The 18 children in the sample included all of the children served by the Princeton [New Jersey, USA] Child Development Institute''s day school and treatment program during the period 1975-83 who were diagnosed autistic and who had either (a) achieved positive discharge or (b) been enrolled in the program for 24 months or longer and continued to receive program services. Age at program entry was found to be strongly related to positive treatment outcome (i.e., to children''s continued residence with their natural parents and attendance at public school classes). This investigation underlines the importance of early behavioral intervention for autistic children.