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Sandbank, Micheal, Bottema-Beutel, Kristen, Crowley, Shannon, Cassidy, Margaret, Dunham, Kacie, Feldman, Jacob I., Crank, Jenna, Albarran, Susanne A., Raj, Sweeya, Mahbub, Prachy, Woynaroski, Tiffany G.·2020·Psychological Bulletin

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In this comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of group design studies of nonpharmacological early interventions designed for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we report summary effects across 7 early intervention types (behavioral, developmental, naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention [NDBI], TEACCH, sensory-based, animal-assisted, and technology-based), and 15 outcome categories indexing core and related ASD symptoms. A total of 1,615 effect sizes were gathered from 130 independent participant samples. A total of 6,240 participants, who ranged in age from 0-8 years, are represented across the studies. We synthesized effects within intervention and outcome type using a robust variance estimation approach to account for the nesting of effect sizes within studies. We also tracked study quality indicators, and report an additional set of summary effect sizes that restrict included studies to those meeting prespecified quality indicators. Finally, we conducted moderator analyses to evaluate whether summary effects across intervention types were larger for proximal as compared with distal effects, and for context-bound as compared to generalized effects. We found that when study quality indicators were not taken into account, significant positive effects were found for behavioral, developmental, and NDBI intervention types. When effect size estimation was limited to studies with randomized controlled trial (RCT) designs, evidence of positive summary effects existed only for developmental and NDBI intervention types. This was also the case when outcomes measured by parent report were excluded. Finally, when effect estimation was limited to RCT designs and to outcomes for which there was no risk of detection bias, no intervention types showed significant effects on any outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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Authors: Sandbank, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., Crowley, S., Cassidy, M., Dunham, K., Feldman, J. I., Crank, J., Albarran, S. A., Raj, S., Mahbub, P., & Woynaroski, T. G.
Affiliations: The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Boston College (US)
Vanderbilt University (US)
Mount Holyoke College (US)
ORCID: Sandbank, Micheal
Crowley, Shannon
Cassidy, Margaret
Feldman, Jacob I.
Crank, Jenna
Raj, Sweeya
Woynaroski, Tiffany G.
Venue: Psychological Bulletin
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2020-01
Volume: 146
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-29
ISSN: 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
1939-1455
DOI: 10.1037/bul0000215
PMC: PMC8783568
OpenAlex: W2990306783
Cited by: 606
References: 221
Citations by year: 2026: 96 · 2025: 92 · 2024: 115 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 100 · 2021: 72 · 2020: 34
FWCI: 29.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: other-oa
www.apa.org/pubs/journals/resources/open-access.aspx (am, 328 d)
Locations: Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion, other-oa)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Texas Digital Library (University of Texas)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (U54HD083211, T32 MH064913)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (1R21DC016144)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, early intervention, young children, non-pharmacological treatment, naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention, TEACCH, animal-assisted interventions, sensory interventions, technology-based interventions, behavioral interventions, developmental intervention, detection bias
MeSH terms: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Early Medical Intervention

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