EFFECTS OF A MODEL TREATMENT APPROACH ON AUTISTIC ADULTS

模型治疗方法对成人自闭症患者的影响

• 批准号: 3383983
• 负责人: ERIC SCHOPLER
• 金额: $ 18.36万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-09-30 至 1994-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3383983
• 关键词: adult human (21+); autism; communication behavior; health care model; health care service evaluation; human subject; human therapy evaluation; leisure; psychological adaptation; residential care facility; self help organization; social behavior; vocational rehabilitation

The primary purpose of this proposal is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new residential treatment modality implemented by Division TEACCH for adults with autism. This residential program is an extension of the cotherapy model pioneered and implemented in North Carolina twenty years ago. It is now extended to the collaboration between residents and program staff, in which every staff member also teaches his program function to the residents. The resulting skills will enable residents to participate in the program and prepare them for vocational placement in the community. Thirty subjects will be admitted to the treatment program, the Carolina Learning Center. A control group will be composed of 30 matched autistic adults on the waiting list. Subjects will also serve as their own controls, receiving four equally spaced evaluations beginning six months prior to admission. Both the residents' skills and the environmental structure developed by the staff will be evaluated. Measures will assess self-help, communication skills, vocational skills adaptive behavior, social and leisure skills for subjects. Environmental structures will be evaluated by standardized interview, questionnaires and direct observations. These measures will assess the degree to which the treatment programs are in effect, direct and indirect treatment costs, and staff attitudes and behavior. The analyses will compare the progress between groups, as well as the individuals' progress during baseline versus treatment. Additional analyses will describe the social processes and behavior profiles of individual subjects.

这项建议的主要目的是评估 TEACCH分部实施的一种新的居住处理模式 患有自闭症的成年人。这一住宿计划是 协同治疗模式在北卡罗来纳州首创并实施20年 那是以前的事了。现在已经扩展到居民和居民之间的协作 项目工作人员，其中每个工作人员也教授他的程序 对居民的作用。由此产生的技能将使住院医生能够 参加该计划，并为他们在年的职业安置做好准备 社区。30名受试者将被允许参加治疗计划， 卡罗莱纳学习中心。对照组将由30人组成 与等待名单上的自闭症成年人相匹配。受试者还将作为 他们自己的控件，从开始接受四个相等间隔的评估 在入院前六个月。无论是居民的技能还是 将对工作人员开发的环境结构进行评估。 措施将评估自助、沟通技能、职业技能 受试者的适应行为、社交和休闲技能。环境 结构将通过标准化的访谈、问卷调查进行评估 和直接的观察。这些措施将评估在多大程度上 有效的治疗方案有直接治疗和间接治疗。 成本、员工态度和行为。这些分析将比较 小组之间的进展，以及个人在 基线与治疗的对比。其他分析将描述社会 个体受试者的过程和行为特征。