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Brief Report: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Parent-Reported Autism Symptoms in School-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey J. Wood Amy Drahota Karen Sze Marilyn Van Dyke Kelly Decker Cori Fujii Christie Bahng Patricia Renno Wei-Chin Hwang Michael Spiker |
| Affiliation: | (1) University of California, Moore Hall Box 951521, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;(2) Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA, USA;(3) Present address: Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA;(4) Present address: Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 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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