Brief report: effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on parent-reported autism symptoms in school-age children with high-functioning autism - PubMed (original) (raw)

Randomized Controlled Trial

. 2009 Nov;39(11):1608-12.

doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0791-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27.

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Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief report: effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on parent-reported autism symptoms in school-age children with high-functioning autism

Jeffrey J Wood et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

This pilot study tested the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on parent-reported autism symptoms. Nineteen children with autism spectrum disorders and an anxiety disorder (7-11 years old) were randomly assigned to 16 sessions of CBT or a waitlist condition. The CBT program emphasized in vivo exposure supported by parent training and school consultation to promote social communication and emotion regulation skills. Parents completed a standardized autism symptom checklist at baseline and posttreatment/postwaitlist and 3-month follow-up assessments. CBT outperformed the waitlist condition at posttreatment/postwaitlist on total parent-reported autism symptoms (Cohen's d effect size = .77). Treatment gains were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Further investigation of this intervention modality with larger samples and broader outcome measures appears to be indicated.

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