Intensive Behavioral Treatment for Preschoolers with Severe Mental Retardation and Pervasive Developmental Disorder

A study accessed the outcomes achieved by preschoolers with both severe mental retardation and autistic features who received intensive Lovass (O Ivar) behavioral treatment (n=11) and those who received minimal treatment (n=10). Results found that the intensively treated children obtained a higher m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of mental retardation 1997-11, Vol.102 (3), p.238-249
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Tristram, Eikeseth, Svein, Klevstrand, Morten, Lovaas, O. Ivar
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Autistic Disorder - diagnosis Autistic Disorder - psychology Autistic Disorder - therapy Behavior Modification Behavior Therapy - methods Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Cognitive Ability Developmental Disabilities Expressive Language Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Intellectual Disability - diagnosis Intellectual Disability - psychology Intellectual Disability - therapy Intelligence Intelligence Quotient Intervention Language Development Disorders - diagnosis Language Development Disorders - psychology Language Development Disorders - therapy Male Medical sciences Outcomes of Treatment Pervasive Developmental Disorders Preschool Children Program Effectiveness Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Severe Mental Retardation Treatment Outcome Treatments
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Zusammenfassung:	A study accessed the outcomes achieved by preschoolers with both severe mental retardation and autistic features who received intensive Lovass (O Ivar) behavioral treatment (n=11) and those who received minimal treatment (n=10). Results found that the intensively treated children obtained a higher mean IQ and evinced more expressive speech. (Author/CR)
ISSN:	0895-8017 1943-362X
DOI:	10.1352/0895-8017(1997)102<0238:IBTFPW>2.0.CO;2