The US Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) released the results of its review of the model for teaching children with Autism that is based on the work of the late Ivar Lovaas on 24 August 2010. The WWC report is based on two of the many studies of the Lovaas method—often called “Applied Behavior Analysis”—and reports positive results for cognitive outcomes.
The Lovaas Model was found to have potentially positive effects on cognitive development for children with disabilities and no discernible effects for communication/language competencies, social-emotional development/behavior, and functional abilities. No studies that meet WWC evidence standards with or without reservations examined the effectiveness of the Lovaas Model on children with disabilities in the literacy, math competencies, or physical well-being domains.
WWC reports, which are typically quite conservative, analyze the more rigorous research conducted within the relatively recent past. Not every practice that gets through its filters seems to make sense, and some practices that do not make it seem oddly excluded, so take this for what it’s worth. See the introductory page about the “Lovaas Model of Applied Behavior Analysis” and download the full report here.
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