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Development of autistic children based on maternal responses to the Autism Behavior Checklist . BACKGROUND language and speech-language intervention . AIM to evaluate the development process of autistic children , in a direct and indirect intervention context based on the responses of mothers to the Autism Behavior Checklist . METHOD the research sample consisted of 11 mothers of children diagnosed , according to the criteria established by the DSM IVtr ( APA , 2002 ) , with autism ( six ) and with Asperger Syndrome ( five ) and who were seen at the Investigation Laboratory of Global Developmental Disorders of the Federal University of São Paulo . These children were randomly divided into two groups : Six were receiving both direct and indirect intervention ( TG ) , and five were receiving indirect intervention exclusively ( OG ) . The Autism Behavior Checklist ( Krug et al. , 1993 ) was used , adapted to the Portuguese language by Marteleto ( 2003 ) . This behavior checklist ( 57 items ) allows the detailed description of non-adaptable characteristics regarding the following areas : sensory , use of the body and object , Language , Psycho-social and Relational . The questionnaire was filled in during an interview on three occasions : at the beginning of intervention , after six months and at the end of 12 months . RESULTS after statistical analysis it was observed that there was a greater development in the total scores and in the areas of language , psycho-social and relational for the TG . This suggests a greater development pattern during the studied period for this group . CONCLUSION the mothers of both groups observed behavioral changes . The better scores observed for the TG is probably related to the effectiveness of direct intervention , and not to the lack of attention of parents in the OG in recognizing behavioral changes in their children .
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Intervention_Educational
language and speech-language intervention
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Intervention_Educational
direct and indirect intervention
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Outcome_Mental
Autism Behavior Checklist
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Outcome_Mental
sensory , use of the body and object , Language , Psycho-social and Relational
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Outcome_Mental
areas of language , psycho-social and relational
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Participant_Condition
autistic children