A Non-exhaustive List of Previously Published but Relevant ASAT Articles of Interest to SLPs

Compiled by Mi Trinh, BA
Association for Science in Autism Treatment

As is the case with many speech-language pathologists (SLPs), you may have clients who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ASAT’s mission, therefore, is to promote safe, effective, and evidence-based treatments for autism. We hope to help you navigate through this deluge of online information and support you in the treatment of your clients. The resources below are a compilation of our online contents, including Interviews and Perspectives, Clinical Corner articles, Book and Resource Reviews, Research Synopses, and other related articles to help you learn more about science-based autism treatments, better serve your clients with ASD, and collaborate more effectively with other disciplines in your practice as SLPs. As we publish more relevant content through our monthly newsletter and website, we will update this resource list.

Interviews and Perspectives:

• Interview with Tracie Lindblad, MSc, MEd, SLP, BCBA
• Interview with Dr. Lina Slim, PhD, BCBA-D, CCC-SLP
• Related Services in an ABA Setting: An interview with 3 members of the BACA team
• Perspectives: The myths I believed about behavior analysis
• Perspectives: Applied Behavior Analysis in Speech-Language Therapy

Clinical Corner:

• Clinical Corner: What are some language considerations when working with bilingual families?
• Clinical Corner: How can I teach telephone skills at home?
• Clinical Corner: Integrating ABA and Speech Pathology
• Clinical Corner: Helping adults with autism develop skills in using AAC
• Clinical Corner: Increasing articulation
• Clinical Corner: Problem behavior triggered by specific words
• Clinical Corner: What is Functional Communication Training?
• Clinical Corner: What’s a good way to teach social skills, especially in a group?
• Clinical Corner: Measuring social skills goals
• Clinical Corner: Leisure skills for adults with autism
• Clinical Corner: Preventing and addressing bullying
• Clinical Corner: Expanding interest
• Clinical Corner: How do you figure out what motivates your students?
• Clinical Corner: What is VB (Verbal Behavior)? Is it different from ABA, and does my child need it to learn language?
• Clinical Corner: Teaching game playing to children with autism
• Clinical Corner: What goes into teaching children to answer WH questions?

Articles

• ASD Intervention: How do we measure effectiveness?
• Treatment Integrity: Why it is important regardless of discipline
• “Verification” and the peer review process
• Avoiding the pitfalls of circular reasoning
• The pitfalls of testimonials
• Conducting a comprehensive literature search

Book and Resource Reviews:

• Resource Review: Interprofessional collaborative practice between behavior analysts and speech-language pathologists
• Resource Review: Identifying applied behavior analysis interventions
• Book Review: ABA for SLPs
• Book Review: Promoting functional communication within the home
• Book Review: Teaching social skills to people with autism: Best practices in individualizing interventions
• Resource Review: Randomized control trial of DIR/floortime therapy: Learning through interaction in children with autism: Preliminary data from a social-communication-based intervention

Treatment Summaries:

We are in the process of revising some of our treatment summaries to reflect the presence or absence of scientific support. Here are some that have been recently updated.

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Rapid Prompting Method (RPM)
• Functional Communication Training (FCT)
• Early Start Denver Model
• Social stories
• Natural Language Acquisition Protocol for Gestalt Language Development

Is There Science Behind That?

• Brain Balance
• DIR/Floor time
• EEG Neurofeedback and autism
• Facilitated communication
• Nutrients to support speech development
• Picture Exchange Communication System
• Relationship Development Intervention
• Stem cell therapy

Research Synopses:

We have dozens of research synopses that would be of interest to SLPs and the entire library of research synopses can be found here. We are providing you a small sample of synopses for a few of these areas below.

On Early Intervention

• • • Research Synopsis: Early behavioral intervention is associated with normalized brain activity in young children with autism
    • Research Synopsis: Outcomes of behavioral intervention for children with autism in mainstream pre-school settings
    • Research Synopsis: Early intensive behavioral intervention: Outcomes for children with autism and their parents after two years
    • Research Synopsis: Systematic review of early intensive behavioral interventions for children with autism
    • Research Synopsis: Outcomes of children receiving Group-Early Start Denver Model in an inclusive versus autism-specific setting: A pilot randomized controlled trial
    • Research Synopsis: Randomized, controlled trial of the LEAP model of early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorders
    • Research Synopsis: Meta-analysis of early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism

On Communication Skills

• • • Research Synopsis: Communication interventions for minimally verbal children with autism: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial
    • Research Synopsis: Preschool-based social-communication treatment for children with autism: 12- month follow-up of a randomized trial
    • Research Synopsis: The effectiveness of the picture exchange communication system (PECS) on communication and speech for children with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis
    • Research Synopsis: Toward meaningful outcomes in teaching conversation and greeting skills with individuals with autism spectrum disorder
    • Research Synopsis: Randomized controlled trial of Hanen’s ‘More Than Words’ in toddlers with early autism symptoms

On Social Skills

• • • Research Synopsis: An evaluation of a behaviorally based social skills group for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
    • Research Synopsis: A Randomized trial of social skills groups at school
    • Research Synopsis: Making the connection: Randomized controlled trial of social skills at school for children with autism spectrum disorders
    • Research Synopsis: Intervention targeting development of socially synchronous engagement in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder
    • Research Synopsis: RCT of a manualized social treatment for high-functioning autism spectrum disorders
    • Research Synopsis: Remaking Recess intervention for improving peer interactions at school for children with autism spectrum disorder
    • Research Synopsis: Symbolic play in school-aged minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder

On Intervention Over Lifespan

• • • Research Synopsis: Increasing appropriate conversation skills using a behavioral skills training package for adults with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder
    • Research Synopsis: Interventions Targeting Expressive Communication Systems in Adults with ASD: A Systematic Review
    • Research Synopsis: A replication and extension of the PEERS® for Young Adults social skills intervention
    • Research Synopsis: Adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and social skills groups at school: A randomized trial comparing intervention environment and peer composition

Media Watch Letters:

• Media Watch: ASAT responds to the Herald-Times Online’s Why I support ABA therapy
• Media Watch: ASAT responds to CNN’s Study: Early autism intervention in toddlers is effective
• ASAT responds to The New York Times’ Early treatment for autism is critical, new report says

Citation for this article:

Trinh, M. (2022). A non-exhaustive list of previously published but relevant ASAT articles of interest to SLPs. Science in Autism Treatment, 19(9).