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Translating evidence-based practice into a comprehensive educational model within an autism-specific special school
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Lambert-Lee, Katy A., Jones, Rebecca, O'Sullivan, Julie, Hastings, Richard P., Douglas-Cobane, Emma, Thomas J., Esther, Hughes, Carl and Griffith, Gemma (2015) Translating evidence-based practice into a comprehensive educational model within an autism-specific special school. British Journal of Special Education, 42 (1). pp. 69-86. doi:10.1111/1467-8578.12090 ISSN 1467-8578.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12090
Abstract
Research evaluations of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)-based interventions for children with autism demonstrate positive outcomes. However, little research has focused on the translation of these evidence-based interventions into service delivery models within existing education systems. In the present article, we provide a description of the comprehensive ABA-based educational model used within TreeHouse School, London, UK. In addition, we analyse progress data over 12 months for a group of learners attending the school. Fifty-three students with autism were tested and then re-tested with the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (ABLLS-R). For 23 of these students a repeated Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) assessment was also available. Repeated measures t-tests revealed statistically significant improvements over time on all ABLLS domains and for all VABS scores. These data provide preliminary evidence that an ABA-based educational model can be integrated into the UK system and produce positive outcomes for children.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Special Education | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1467-8578 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | March 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 42 | ||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 69-86 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-8578.12090 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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