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A Program Evaluation of Home and Center-Based Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder

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The present study aimed to retrospectively compare the relative rates of mastery of exemplars for individuals with ASD (N = 313) who received home-based and center-based services. A between-group analysis found that participants mastered significantly more exemplars per hour when receiving center-based services than home-based services. Likewise, a paired-sample analysis found that participants who received both home and center-based services had mastered 100 % more per hour while at the center than at home. These analyses indicated that participants demonstrated higher rates of learning during treatment that was provided in a center setting than in the participant’s home.

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  1. Center for Autism and Related Disorders, 21600 Oxnard Street, Suite 1800, Woodland Hills, CA, 91367, USA

    Dennis R. Dixon, Claire O. Burns, Doreen Granpeesheh, Roshan Amarasinghe & Alva Powell

  2. Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, One University Drive, Orange, CA, 92866, USA

    Erik Linstead

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The data collected for the present study were from a research database of de-identified archived clinical records. As such, the Institution Review Board (IRB00004971) concluded that 45 CFR part 46 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulation does not apply.

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Dixon, D.R., Burns, C.O., Granpeesheh, D. et al. A Program Evaluation of Home and Center-Based Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behav Analysis Practice 10, 307–312 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-016-0155-7

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