The National Autism Center released the report of its National Standards Project. The project was designed to identify interventions that are or are not beneficial for individuals with Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder and it presents known therapies in three categories: established, emerging, unestablished (including a subsection on “ineffective/harmful treatments”).
In summary, the National Standards Project, a primary initiative of the National Autism Center, seeks to:
- describe the age, diagnosis, and skills/behaviors targeted for improvement associated with treatment options
- identify the limitations of the current body of research on autism treatment
- offer recommendations for engaging in evidence-based practice for ASD
To develop the report, the National Autism Center assembled an panel of eminently well-informed scholars and scoured the research about interventions for Autism. The result is a very valuable resource of parents, teachers, clinicians, and many others.
Happily, the sorting of treatments aligns quite well with those we have advocated and dinged here on EBD Blog.
A side note: The report is dedicated to Ted Carr, who died this past summer. Nice going, folks.
Link to the National Autism Center’s page about the project.
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