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KMID : 0894920180180020001
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Journal of the Korean Association for Persons with Autism
2018 Volume.18 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.30
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ffectiveness of an Early Intensive Behavior Intervention for infants with ASD: A preliminary Study
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Koo Bon-Kyung
Chung Kyong-Mee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention(EIBI) program on infants with autism spectrum disorder(ASD) and to explore the factors predicting the effectiveness of the program, focusing on the infant s age, language ability, problem behaviors, and parental stress. 19 pairs of infants aged between 2 and 5 years and diagnosed with ASD, and their parents, participated in an EIBI program at a treatment center providing evidence-based treatment based on applied behavior analysis. The measurement tools which were administered before and after the EIBI program and compared, included PEP-R, a curriculum
evaluation, K-SIB-R, K-Vineland-II, K-CBCL, and PedsQL for the infants, and included PSI-SF and BDI-II for the parents. Statistical analysis was performed using a sample t-test and multiple regression analysis and the results were as follows. The EIBI program showed significant improvements in overall developmental age, curriculum assessment, and quality of life for infants.
There was no difference in parenting stress or depression. Furthermore, measures for both children and parents at the start of the program predicted neither PEP-R nor the degree of improvement in curriculum evaluation measured six months later at the end of the program. Based on these results, the authors suggest future directions for developing an effective intensive early intervention (EIBI) program for infants with ASD in Korea, and discuss the implications and limitations of this study.
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KEYWORD
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Autism spectrum disorder , EIBI , applied behavior analysis , discrete-trial-training
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