Effectiveness and Feasibility of the Early Start Denver Model Implemented in a Group-Based Community Childcare Setting.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Vivanti, Giacomo, ; Paynter, Jessica; Duncan, Ed; Fothergill, Hannah; Dissanayake, Cheryl; Rogers, Sally
- Source
- Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders; Dec2014, Vol. 44 Issue 12, p3140-3153, 14p, 10 Charts
- Subject
- Autism
Child care
Education research
Working hours
Teaching aids
Early intervention (Education)
Parenting education
Diagnosis of autism
Treatment of autism
Analysis of variance
Conceptual structures
Health outcome assessment
Mathematical models of psychology
Research funding
Scale analysis (Psychology)
Group process
Repeated measures design
Evaluation of human services programs
- Language
- ISSN
- 01623257
A recent study documented the efficacy of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) delivered in a 1:1 fashion. In the current study we investigated the effectiveness and feasibility of the ESDM in the context of a long-day care community service, with a child-staff ratio of 1:3. Outcomes of 27 preschoolers with ASD undergoing 15-25 h per week of ESDM over 12 months were compared to those of 30 peers with ASD undergoing a different intervention program delivered in a similar community long-day care service. Children in both groups made gains in cognitive, adaptive and social skills. Participants in the ESDM group showed significantly higher gains in developmental rate and receptive language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]