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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL TREATMENT OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY–1. DESIGN OF STUDY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF UNITS
Author(s) -
Bartak Lawrence,
Rutter Michael
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1973.tb01185.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , orientation (vector space) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , mathematics , geometry
SUMMARY Autistic children attending three different special units were followed up over a 31/2–4 yr period to assess changes in educational, cognitive, linguistic, social and behavioural status. The régimes in the units varied in the amount of structure and the orientation to educational goals. This paper presents detail of the study design, methods used, and results of an objective examination of staff behaviour in the three units. It was possible to demonstrate significant differences in the amount and character of staff interactions with children both between units and between individual staff.