The findings did not support the widely reported generalisation ' difficulties ' associated with autism .
Research ers have generally considered autistic individuals to have difficulties generalising learned skills across novel context s. Successful generalisation is necessary for an intervention to have benefits in everyday life beyond the original learning environment .
We conducted a systematic review of r and omised controlled trials of early social communication interventions for children with autism in order to explore generalisation and its measurement .
Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders
In 2002 , the National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting concerning method ological challenges of research in psychosocial interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders . This paper provides a summary of the presentations and the discussion s that occurred during this meeting . Recommendations to federal and private agencies included the need for r and omized clinical trials of comprehensive interventions for autism as the highest , but not the sole priority . Ongoing working groups were proposed to address psychosocial interventions with a focus on relevant statistics , st and ardized documentation and methods of diagnosis , development of outcome measures , establishment of st and ards in research ; and the need for innovative treatment design s , including application of design s from other research areas to the study of interventions in ASD
The findings did not support the widely reported generalisation ' difficulties ' associated with autism .
Research ers have generally considered autistic individuals to have difficulties generalising learned skills across novel context s. Successful generalisation is necessary for an intervention to have benefits in everyday life beyond the original learning environment .
We conducted a systematic review of r and omised controlled trials of early social communication interventions for children with autism in order to explore generalisation and its measurement .