The Effectiveness of ABA

The July/August 2005 issue of the Journal of Research and Developmental Disabilities featured a study demonstrating that intensive ABA therapy is significantly more effective than an eclectic, special education approach that uses a variety of techniques. You can learn more about the replication study by clicking here.

This is the second study of its kind to compare two specific treatments while controlling for variables such as treatment intensity so that students in both groups received the same number of hours of therapy.

Dr. Glen Sallows from the Wisconsin Early Autism Project has recently published outcome data in the November 2005 issue of the American Journal of Mental Retardation, replicating the results of Dr. Lovaas’ 1987 study. You can find links to the research on the Lovaas website:

www.lovaas.com - Click on the “Resources” section to the left.

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