- An Update of SECONDARY LITERATURE
Report to the New Zealand Ministry of Health
30 September 2009
Principal author
Marita Broadstock
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This systematic review was undertaken by staff of the New Zealand Guidelines Group, and completed in September 2009. The scope of the review was agreed with the Living Guidelines Group project’s sponsor, Joanna Curzon (Ministry of Health) and was funded by the Ministry of Health to contribute to the work of the Living Guideline Group.
Marita Broadstock (Senior Researcher) conducted the review and prepared the report and Evidence Tables. Margaret Paterson (NZGG Information Specialist) conducted the search strategy and managed document retrieval and referencing. A list of excluded publications is available upon request. Anne Lethaby (Acting Manager, Research Services) provided methodological input and peer review.
Please cite this report as:
New Zealand Guidelines Group. The effectiveness of applied behaviour analysis interventions for people with autism spectrum disorder – an update of secondary literature. Wellington; 2009.
Synthesis of recently published secondary literature on Applied behaviour analysis
Background and scope
In 2008, the New Zealand Ministries of Health, and Education, commissioned two technical reviews on interventions and strategies for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) grounded in the principles of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) (Ministries of Health and Education, 2007). These two reviews were completed in parallel by Uniservices and New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) respectively and based on research published to 31 December 2007. These reports represent the prime evidence for the Living Guideline Group (LGG) to consider in determining whether any revision of Recommendations relevant to ABA is needed in the New Zealand