Department of Psychology, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
Department of Special Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 2;13(1):70. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-27198-4.
We examined the sustained effects of early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) on 66 children with autism spectrum disorder who participated in the Future Center's EIBI program. Children were assessed using the childhood autism rating scale (CARS), autism behavior checklist (ABC), and adaptive behavior scale (ABS-Arabic) 3 years after leaving the program. Continued positive effects were observed in several areas, including adaptive behavior and autism symptoms. However, participants' social skills might have declined on the ABS-Arabic after service withdrawal. Additionally, a significant negative association (p < .001) was found between participants' performance on the CARS and the number of weekly trials. This is encouraging, given the lack of EIBI services and regional instability. Future research should increase the sample size and use a more rigorous design.
我们考察了早期密集行为干预(EIBI)对曾参加未来中心 EIBI 项目的 66 名自闭症谱系障碍儿童的持续影响。在离开项目 3 年后,我们使用儿童自闭症评定量表(CARS)、自闭症行为检查表(ABC)和适应行为量表(ABS-阿拉伯语)对儿童进行评估。在几个方面都观察到了持续的积极影响,包括适应行为和自闭症症状。然而,在服务退出后,参与者的社交技能可能在 ABS-阿拉伯语上有所下降。此外,参与者在 CARS 上的表现与每周试验次数之间存在显著负相关(p <.001)。鉴于 EIBI 服务的缺乏和地区的不稳定,这是令人鼓舞的。未来的研究应该增加样本量并采用更严格的设计。