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ESDM: Early Start Denver Model


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Evidence-Based research on ESDM:

  • Effectiveness and Feasibility of the Early Start Denver Model Implemented in a Group-Based Community Childcare Setting.1
    The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is a comprehensive early intervention program for toddlers and pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The program uses developmental and behavioral approaches, focusing on social learning and social-cognitive development to increase communication, imitation, sharing, join attention, and play. Goals are based on the child’s strengths and weaknesses. Previous studies found the ESDM model effective in a one on one setting. This study investigated whether delivering ESDM in a group day care setting would be feasible and effective.

    In Australia, 27 preschoolers with ASD received from 15 to 25 hours of ESDM per week for a year in a group setting. Their results were compared with a similar group of children with ASD who received a combined educational and therapy program at another day care center. The staff of that combined program included teachers, childcare workers, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists. At the end of a year, improvement in adaptive, cognitive, and social skills were seen in both groups. Greater gains in receptive language and developmental rate were made by children in the ESDM group.

  • Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Toddlers With Autism: The Early Start Denver Model2

Other Developmental Approach Research:

General Guides:

1 Vivanti G, Paynter J, Duncan E, et al. Effectiveness and Feasibility of the Early Start Denver Model Implemented in a Group-Based Community Childcare Setting. Journal of autism and developmental disorders. Jun 29 2014.
2 Geraldine Dawson, Sally Rogers, Jeffrey Munson, Milani Smith, Jamie Winter, Jessica Greenson, Amy Donaldson, Jennifer Varley Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Intervention for Toddlers With Autism: The Early Start Denver Model. Pediatrics. January 2010, Volume 125 / Issue 1.
3 Solomon, R., Necheles, J., Ferch, C., & Bruckman, D. Pilot study of a parent training program for young children with autism: The PLAY project home consultation program. Autism, 11, 205-224. (2007).

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