Open AccessModular cognitive behavioral therapy for autism-related symptoms in children: A randomized controlled trial.
Author(s) -
Jeffrey J. Wood,
Karen S. Wood,
An Chuen Cho,
Kashia A Rosenau,
Maria Cornejo Guevara,
Chardée A. Galán,
Alicia Bazzano,
Ari S. Zeldin,
Gerhard Hellemann
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000621
Subject(s) - autism , psycinfo , autism spectrum disorder , psychology , randomized controlled trial , cognitive behavioral therapy , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medline , medicine , surgery , political science , law
To date, no one-on-one psychotherapy protocol for elementary and middle school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been found to be efficacious for treating autism-related symptoms such as failure to initiate social interactions. This study compared modular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with enhanced standard community treatment (ESCT) in terms of impact on the severity of autism-related symptoms.