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Effectiveness and Feasibility of the Early Start Denver Model Implemented in a Group-Based Community Childcare Setting |
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| Authors: | Giacomo Vivanti Jessica Paynter Ed Duncan Hannah Fothergill Cheryl Dissanayake Sally J. Rogers the Victorian ASELCC Team |
| Affiliation: | 1. Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia 2. Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3. Research and Psychology Department, AEIOU Foundation, Brisbane, Australia 4. The MIND Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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