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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,502 Views
21 Pages

13 March 2025

It is imperative that researchers include the perspectives from key voices regarding early support practices, yet very few studies have included direct assessment of autistic individuals and parents of young autistic children. Despite emerging eviden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,616 Views
17 Pages

Addressing Emotional Dysregulation Within NDBI for Young Autistic Children: Outcomes and Factors Related to Change

  • Elizabeth H. Kushner,
  • Chloe B. Holbrook,
  • Nicole M. Hendrix,
  • Josie Dylan Douglas-Brown and
  • Katherine E. Pickard

17 July 2025

Despite high rates of emotional dysregulation among autistic children, few studies have explored interventions addressing dysregulation. Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) are a class of interventions focused on supporting so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,189 Views
18 Pages

28 August 2025

Little is known about the effectiveness of caregiver-mediated naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) implemented via telehealth for autistic children served in under-resourced settings. This mixed methods pilot study examined soc...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Family Outcomes of a Community-Based Trial of Project ImPACT

  • Sarah R. Rieth,
  • Marissa Chemotti,
  • Carmen Orendain Soto,
  • Sarah F. Vejnoska,
  • Scott Roesch,
  • Amber Fitzgerald,
  • Sarah Dufek and
  • Aubyn C. Stahmer
Behav. Sci.2026, 16(1), 64;https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16010064 
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31 December 2025

Caregiver-mediated approaches in early intervention can provide impactful support for families of young children with social communication needs. Project ImPACT (PI), a caregiver-mediated naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention, was tested...

  • Article
  • Open Access
641 Views
29 Pages

20 October 2025

This study examined child outcomes for five minimally verbal (or non-speaking) autistic preschoolers who participated in cascading coaching programs in which naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI) techniques were taught to graduate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
922 Views
27 Pages

22 September 2025

A cascading coaching model was used to teach bilingual speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate student clinicians and Spanish-speaking caregivers to implement naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI) techniques with autistic prescho...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,418 Views
27 Pages

4 November 2022

The effectiveness of early intensive interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is now well-established, but there continues to be great interindividual variability in treatment response. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify put...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,556 Views
23 Pages

Quantifying the Child–Therapist Interaction in ASD Intervention: An Observational Coding System

  • Giulio Bertamini,
  • Arianna Bentenuto,
  • Silvia Perzolli,
  • Eleonora Paolizzi,
  • Cesare Furlanello and
  • Paola Venuti

Background: Observational research plays an important part in developmental research due to its noninvasiveness. However, it has been hardly applied to investigate efficacy of the child–therapist interaction in the context of naturalistic development...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,364 Views
30 Pages

Theoretical–Methodological Foundations for the Global Integration Method (Método de Integração Global—MIG) in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Renato Guimarães Loffi,
  • Thalita Karla Flores Cruz,
  • Giulia Moreira Paiva,
  • Deisiane Oliveira Souto,
  • Simone Rosa Barreto,
  • Patrícia Aparecida Neves Santana,
  • Amanda Aparecida Alves Cunha Nascimento,
  • Fabiana Rachel Martins Costa,
  • Elisa Braz Cota and
  • Vitor Geraldi Haase

2 February 2024

Currently, there is no intervention model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that addresses all levels and factors of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF, WHO). The most researched programs focus on naturalisti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,259 Views
10 Pages

Impact of Three Kinds of Early Interventions on Developmental Profile in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  • Francesca Cucinotta,
  • Luigi Vetri,
  • Liliana Ruta,
  • Laura Turriziani,
  • Loredana Benedetto,
  • Massimo Ingrassia,
  • Roberta Maggio,
  • Eva Germanò,
  • Ausilia Alquino and
  • Rosamaria Siracusano
  • + 2 authors

15 September 2022

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a rising prevalence disorder. This high-cost/high-burden condition needs evidence-based behavioral treatments that are able to reduce the impact of symptoms on children’s functionin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
630 Views
14 Pages

Feasibility of an Evidence-Based Parent-Mediated Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Community Healthcare Service in Italy

  • Natasha Chericoni,
  • Ilaria Colombino,
  • Eugenia Conti,
  • Giulia Guainai,
  • Benedetta Riva,
  • Lu Qu,
  • Fabio Apicella,
  • Sara Calderoni,
  • Raffaella Tancredi and
  • Andrea Guzzetta
  • + 1 author

5 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Parental involvement is currently recommended by Italian national guidelines on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) intervention. However, research on the impact of parent-mediated interventions on parental skills and children&rsquo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
573 Views
18 Pages

One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Variability in Autistic Children’s Response to Pivotal Response Treatment

  • Rachel K. Schuck,
  • Ella Jevtić,
  • Emily F. Ferguson,
  • Maria Estefania Millan,
  • Devon M. Slap,
  • Mirko Uljarević,
  • Jennifer M. Phillips,
  • Antonio Y. Hardan and
  • Grace W. Gengoux

27 November 2025

Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is a naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention designed to strengthen autistic children’s social communication skills. Few studies have examined which children benefit the most from PRT and which charac...