Developmental Neurorehabilitation ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-13 , DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2020.1756499 Erik Winther Skogli 1 , Per Normann Andersen 2 , Jørn Isaksen 3
ABSTRACT
Objective: To examine the development of executive functions, in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), receiving early intensive behavioral training (EIBI).
Method: Executive functions (EF) were assessed with The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool Version (BRIEF-P), by parents and preschool teachers at the time of diagnostic assessment and after 15 months of EIBI intervention. Ten children with ASD (M = 2.9 years, nine males) participated in the study. Reliable Change Index scores were computed for each of the participants in order to investigate any significant change in BRIEF-P T-scores.
Results: Three children showed a significant improvement in EF, based on parent ratings. Four children showed a significant improvement in EF based on preschool teacher ratings.
Conclusion: Findings indicating a reliable improvement in one third of preschool children with ASD receiving EIBI are encouraging but need to be replicated in larger scale controlled studies.
中文翻译:
自闭症儿童接受早期强化行为训练后执行功能发展的探索性研究。
摘要
目的:研究自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)学龄前儿童接受早期强化行为训练(EIBI)的执行功能的发展。
方法:在诊断性评估时以及在EIBI干预15个月后,由父母和学前班教师通过“执行功能行为评估量表-学前版本”(BRIEF-P)对执行功能进行评估。十名ASD儿童(M = 2.9岁,九名男性)参加了研究。为调查每个参与者,计算了可靠的变化指数分数,以调查BILE-P T分数的任何重大变化。
结果:根据父母的评分,三名儿童的EF明显改善。根据学龄前老师的评分,有四个孩子的EF有了显着改善。
结论:研究结果表明接受EIBI的ASD学龄前儿童中有三分之一得到了可靠的改善,这是令人鼓舞的,但需要在大规模对照研究中进行重复。