Participation in Related Services and Behavioral, Social, and Adaptive Symptom Presentation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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...

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Published in:Education and training in autism and developmental disabilities 2018-12, Vol.53 (4), p.428-437
Main Authors: Freeman, Stephanny F. N., Paparella, Tanya, Kim, Joanne J., Whelan, Fiona, Hellemann, Gerhard, Forness, Steven
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment (to Environment)
Autism
Autistic children
Behavior modification
Behavior Problems
Behavior Rating Scales
Check Lists
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Behavior
Children
Children & youth
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive Development
Correlation
Early intervention
Families & family life
Intelligence Tests
Interpersonal Competence
Intervention
Language
Language Skills
Mental Age
Motor Development
Outcomes of Treatment
Parent Attitudes
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Preschool Children
Preschool education
Scores
Services
Special education
Standard deviation
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Thinking Skills
Young Children
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2154-1647