Appendix 4 Applied Behavioural Analysis for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

s TRIP (evidence-based medicine) Ebsco Academic Search Ebsco Canadian MAS Best Evidence CPG Infobase CRISP National Guideline Clearing House HTA database Additional searches were made of in-house databases, web library catalogues, internet peerreviewed sites, internet search engines, directories and a large number of organisations were contacted. individual case series or reports. the benefits of overall functioning found by Lovaas and McEachin could have been achieved by assembling a high functioning group of autistic children and the results have not been corroborated by independent researchers. They recommend further research with RCTs before effectiveness claims can form the basis of public funding decisions. They also state that there is insufficient evidence to conduct a cost benefit analysis.