Tristram H. Smith– Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention: Past, Present, and Future

1.0 Type II CE Credit

About the presentation:

This presentation will offer an inside view on the rise of early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) at Ivar Lovaas’s UCLA Young Autism Project and the subsequent initiatives to replicate and disseminate EIBI. It will also examine how well this work holds up, considering that EIBI has evolved over time, standards of scientific evidence have become more stringent, and an increasing number of other interventions now have empirical support. It will conclude by examining current research and possible future directions to expand the evidence base on EIBI and to produce the next generation of interventions for children with autism.

Upon completion of this presentation attendees will be able to:

• Describe what Lovaas considered to be high-quality discrete trial training.
• Describe two events that spurred demand for early intensive behavioral intervention and two steps that behavior analysts took to meet the demand.
• Summarize conclusions in recent systematic reviews on the strength of evidence for early intensive behavioral intervention