Publication Details 'Technical Review of Published Research on Applied Behaviour Analysis Interventions for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder' New Zealand Ministries of Education and of Health requested a technical review of the evidence base on the effectiveness of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Results 5. Development of Independent Organisational Skills and Other Behaviours We defined this category by combining two separate categories from the NSP: personal responsibility and self regulation. Personal responsibility was defined by Wilcynzski and Christian (2008, p. 52) as "tasks that involve activities which are embedded in everyday routines. Dependent measures associated with these tasks include but are not restricted to feeding, sleeping, dressing, toileting, motor skills, cleaning, family and/or community activities, health and fitness, phone skills, time and money management, and self advocacy". Self regulation was defined as "tasks that involve the management of one's own behaviors in order to meet a goal. Dependent measures associated with these tasks include but are not limited to: persistence, effort, task fluency, transfer of attention, being 'on schedule,' self-management, self-monitoring, self-advocacy, remaining in seat (or its opposite of 'out of seat'), time management, or adapting to changes in the environment" (Wilczynski, personal communication). The merged categories appear to fit well into the Ministry of Education's classification of "development of independent organisational skills and other behaviours." Evidence from the NSP review The NSP review found emerging support for antecedent package, behavioural package, modelling, and pivotal research treatment interventions for improving performance on tasks involving