University of California, San Diego, USA.
Autism. 2011 Sep;15(5):625-41. doi: 10.1177/1362361310392253. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
The present quasi-experimental study examines the outcomes for a group of 102 children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at age 2 who attended an inclusive toddler program (described by Stahmer and Ingersoll, 2004) until age 3. Outcomes on standardized developmental assessments indicate significant improvement, with large effect sizes, in developmental level, adaptive behavior and communication. Thirty-one of the children (31%) were functioning in the typically developing range when they exited the program at age 3, after an average of 8 months of intervention. Predictors of positive outcomes included length of time in the program, level of words and gestures use at entry and higher externalizing and lower internalizing behavior CBCL scores at entry. Implications for serving toddlers with autism in inclusive settings and suggestions for future research directions are discussed.
本准实验研究考察了一组 102 名在 2 岁时被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍的儿童的结果，他们参加了一个包容性幼儿项目（由 Stahmer 和 Ingersoll 于 2004 年描述），直到 3 岁。标准化发展评估的结果表明，发展水平、适应行为和沟通方面有显著提高，且效果显著。在经过平均 8 个月的干预后，有 31 名儿童（31%）在 3 岁退出项目时处于正常发育范围内。积极结果的预测因素包括在项目中的时间长短、进入时的词汇和手势使用水平以及较高的外部行为和较低的内部行为 CBCL 分数。讨论了在包容性环境中为自闭症幼儿提供服务的意义以及对未来研究方向的建议。
