Dear Editor: We write this letter because we feel the article by Odom et al. (2010a) as well as the erratum by Odom et al. (2010b) would have benefited from the following considerations. An important obstacle for attempts to identify an intervention is the difficulty in distinguishing prepackaged interventions from evolving scientific approaches. An important methodological weakness in such rev...

I. The Empirically Validated PRT Package: Foundational Research on the Development of PRT A. Core Pivotal Area of Motivation 1. Initial Research Identifying Motivation as a Key for Autism Intervention 2. Initial Research Used in the Development of PRT a. Child Choice/ Use of Ritualistic Themes b. Reinforcing Attempts c. Task Variation d. Natural Reinforcers B. Research Leading to the Identifica...

trying to reduce clinical problems in children autism through education of parents in recent years has been addressed by researchers. this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of training of pivotal response treatment (prt) to mothers with 6 to 12 year old autistic children on reducing the autism symptoms. also, the impact of prt on reduction of parenting stress was addressed in this st...

This study's objective was to assess maintenance of treatment effects 3 months after completion of a 12-week Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) parent education group. Families who completed the active treatment (N = 23) were followed for an additional 12 weeks to measure changes in language and cognitive skills. Results indicated a significant improvement in frequency of functional utterances, w...

This study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of training of pivotal response treatment (PRT) to mothers with 6 to 12 year old autistic children on reducing the autism symptoms. Also, the impact of PRT on reduction of parenting stress was addressed in this study. In a clinical trial work, 14 mothers of autistic children in a rehabilitation clinic for autistic children in Tehran city, ...

Treating children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with behavioral interventions, such as Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), has shown promise in recent studies. However, deciding which therapy is best for a given patient is largely by trial and error, and choosing an ineffective intervention results in loss of valuable treatment time. We propose predicting patient response to PRT from basel...

Overview: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit pathognomonic deficits in social communication, and 40% of children with ASD also experience clinical levels of anxiety. While evidence-based behavioral treatments can lead to improved social communication skills and reduced anxiety, no singular treatment is universally effective. Advances in the identification of biological markers...

Several evidence-based practices (EBPs) have been identified as efficacious for the education of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, effectiveness research has rarely been conducted in schools and teachers express skepticism about the clinical utility of EBPs for the classroom. Innovative methods are needed to optimally adapt EBPs for community use. This study utilizes quali...

Differential responsiveness to intervention programs suggests the inadequacy of a single treatment approach for all children with autism. One method for reducing outcome variability is to identify participant characteristics associated with different outcomes for a specific intervention. In this investigation, an analysis of archival data yielded 2 distinct behavioral profiles for responders an...

Deficits in question-asking are common in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Furthermore, their opportunities to self-initiate questions are often hindered by directive behavior of their conversation partners. This study assessed the effectiveness of staff training in pivotal response treatment (PRT) on staff member-created opportunities and self-initiated questions of school-aged ch...