Erik Winther Skogli1, Per Normann Andersen2, Jørn Isaksen3. 1. Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division Mental Health Care, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic , Lillehammer, Norway. 2. Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences , Lillehammer, Norway. 3. Innlandet Hospital Trust , Lillehammer, Norway.
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.
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.
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Autism; brief; children; early intensive behavioral training; executive functions; reliable change index
Authors: Stian Orm; Per Normann Andersen; Martin Hersch Teicher; Ingrid Nesdal Fossum; Merete Glenne Øie; Erik Winther Skogli Journal: Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol Date: 2022-10-04