Follow-Up Study of Youth Who Received EIBI as Young Children. Issue 2 (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perry, Adrienne; Koudys, Julie; Prichard, Alice; Ho, Hilda
• Is Part Of: Behavior modification. Volume 43:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 201
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: EIBI -- early intensive behavioral intervention -- long-term effectiveness -- maintenance; Behavior modification -- Periodicals; Behavior therapy -- Periodicals; 153.85
• DOI: 10.1177/0145445517746916
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-4455

Abstract

Although early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) has been clearly shown to be evidence-based, there is very little information available regarding long-term outcomes, especially from community effectiveness studies. We present data on cognitive, adaptive, and autism severity measures from four time points (pre- and post-EIBI and two follow-up points) for a sample of 21 youth, currently aged 16 years on average (range = 13-20) who received EIBI as young children and who have been out of EIBI for a mean of 10 years (range = 8.5-14). Results show heterogeneous outcomes and a general pattern of stability since the end of EIBI, suggesting gains made in EIBI are maintained.