Evaluation of an immersive virtual reality safety training used to teach pedestrian skills to children with autism spectrum disorder
• The current study evaluated the effectiveness of an immersive virtual reality training in teaching street-crossing skills to three autistic children. • The virtual reality training was found to effectively […]
An evaluation of a mobile application designed to teach receptive language skills to children with autism spectrum disorder
• The current study evaluated the effectiveness of Camp Discovery, a mobile application developed by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), which incorporates the principles of applied behavior […]
A measure for supporting implementation of telehealth direct therapy with treatment integrity
• The current paper described the Telehealth Therapy Treatment Integrity Measure (TTTIM), an instrument developed to measure the treatment integrity of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy delivered via telehealth to […]
Effectiveness of telehealth direct therapy for individuals with autism spectrum disorder
• The current study explored the effectiveness of telehealth direct therapy at improving skill acquisition in autistic individuals. • Telehealth direct therapy was effective for patients across varying symptom severity […]
Unsupervised machine learning for identifying challenging behavior profiles to explore cluster-based treatment efficacy in children with autism spectrum disorder: Retrospective data analysis study
• The current study explored subtypes of autism based on engagement in challenging behaviors and investigated differences in treatment response across the subgroups. • Seven clusters were found and each […]
Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder desire-based emotion prediction and cause
• The current study taught three autistic children to predict others’ emotions during contrived scenarios in which another’s desires were met or unmet. • The treatment package included rules, modeling, […]
Assessing the social validity of telehealth-based applied behavior analysis services for autism spectrum disorder
• The current study assessed quality of life (QoL) and social validity reported by caregivers of autistic children receiving applied behavior analysis (ABA) telehealth therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. • […]