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The Scientific and Practical Journal of Medicine
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THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS IN AUTISM THROUGH THE PRISM OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: FOCUS ON BEHAVIORAL TECHNIQUES

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  • DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

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The purpose of the article is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to correct the manifestations of autism from the standpoint of evidence-based medicine. Due to the extremely large number of therapeutic techniques used, behavioral interventions that are the most common and widely used are discussed in detail. The main behavioral intervention used for autism is applied behavior analysis (ABA). The very method of using ABA for autism was developed in the 70s of the 20th century by Ole Ivar Lovaas, a clinical psychologist from the University of California. The therapeutic algorithm proposed by Lovaas was called discrete trial training. Over the past decades, ABA has evolved from Lovaas’ approach into a large number of other techniques, including both focused intervention practices and comprehensive treatment models. The most well-known therapeutic techniques in the field of ABA are functional communication training and early intensive behavioral intervention, that is based on based on discrete trial training practice. Numerous randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials proves the effectiveness of these behavioral interventions in autism.

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