Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation BlueCross BlueShield Association. Special report: early intensive behavioral intervention and other behavioral interventions for autism spectrum disorder. Chicago: BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBS). TEC Assessment 30(1). 2015 Authors' objectives This Special Report has 2 goals: (1) to review comparative studies of EIBI and assess patient or intervention characteristics that might moderate treatment effects; and (2) to examine existing systematic reviews of other types of behavioral interventions for children with ASD. Authors' conclusions Early intensive behavioral intervention:
There is no strong evidence supporting associations of any patient, treatment-related, or other contextual variables and differential treatment effects of EIBI.
Non-EIBI behavioral interventions:
The systematic reviews selected for this Special Report found the strength of evidence supporting various behavioral interventions for ASD to be low. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Behavior Therapy; Child Development Disorders, Pervasives Language Published English Country of organisation United States English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence BlueCross BlueShield Association, Technology Evaluation Center, 225 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tel: 888 832 4321 Email: tec@bcbsa.com AccessionNumber 32015000459 Date abstract record published 07/04/2015 |