Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism: Third Generation Review

Kara Hume; Jessica R Steinbrenner; Samuel L Odom; Kristi L Morin; Sallie W Nowell; Brianne Tomaszewski; Susan Szendrey; Nancy S McIntyre; Serife Yücesoy-Özkan; Melissa N Savage

doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04844-2

Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism: Third Generation Review

J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Nov;51(11):4013-4032. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04844-2. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Authors

Kara Hume^{1

2}, Jessica R Steinbrenner³, Samuel L Odom³, Kristi L Morin^{3

4}, Sallie W Nowell³, Brianne Tomaszewski³, Susan Szendrey⁵, Nancy S McIntyre^{3

6}, Serife Yücesoy-Özkan^{3

7}, Melissa N Savage^{3

8}

Affiliations

¹ School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3500 Peabody Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. kara.hume@unc.edu.
² Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8040, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8040, USA. kara.hume@unc.edu.
³ Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8040, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8040, USA.
⁴ College of Education, Lehigh University, Iacocca Hall, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA.
⁵ Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bondurant Hall, Campus Box 7120, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7120, USA.
⁶ College of Health Professionals and Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12805 Pegasus Drive, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA.
⁷ Department of Special Education, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Özel Eğitim Bölümü, Tepebaşı, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey.
⁸ College of Education, University of North Texas, 1300 W. Highland St., Denton, TX, 76201, USA.

Abstract

This systematic review describes a set of practices that have evidence of positive effects with autistic children and youth. This is the third iteration of a review of the intervention literature (Odom et al. in J Autism Dev Disorders 40(4):425-436, 2010a; Prevent School Fail 54(4):275-282, 2010b; Wong et al. in https://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/sites/autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/2014-EBP-Report.pdf ; J Autism Dev Disorders 45(7):1951-1966, 2015), extending coverage to articles published between 1990 and 2017. A search initially yielded 31,779 articles, and the subsequent screening and evaluation process found 567 studies to include. Combined with the previous review, 972 articles were synthesized, from which the authors found 28 focused intervention practices that met the criteria for evidence-based practice (EBP). Former EBPs were recategorized and some manualized interventions were distinguished as meeting EBP criteria. The authors discuss implications for current practices and future research.

Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Children and youth; Evidence-based practice; Focused intervention.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Autism Spectrum Disorder*
Autistic Disorder* / diagnosis
Autistic Disorder* / therapy
Child
Evidence-Based Practice
Humans
Schools
Young Adult

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