Paper - Cost Comparison of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Special Education for Children with Autism

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Here is a very good, costed out study on using Early Intensive

Behavioral Intervention (ABA) with young children. Quite an impressive

cost savings, so this can be a good addition to the son, Mulick &

Green paper. You can access the full study by clicking the link at the

bottom - even though it says " Scientific Abstract " , it's the full text.

J Child Fam Stud (2007) 16:401--413

DOI 10.1007/s10826-006-9094-1

Cost Comparison of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and Special

Education for Children with Autism

S. Chasson · Gerald E. · J. Neely

Published online: 17 January 2007

C Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Abstract

The financial implications of the increased prevalence of autism, though

rarely

discussed, will be extremely important to society. We compared the costs

associated with

18 years of special education to the costs associated with the

implementation of an average of

3 years of Discrete Trial Training as an Early Intensive Behavioral

Intervention (EIBI) in an

effort to minimize the need for special education. Our results indicate

that the state of Texas

would save $208,500 per child across eighteen years of education with

EIBI. When applied

to the conservative estimate of 10,000 children with autism in Texas,

the State would save a

total of $2.09 billion with EIBI. Implications for taxpayers,

policymakers, and treatment are

discussed.

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> Cost Comparison of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention and

> Special Education for Children with Autism

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> ABA <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/aba> | applied behavior

> analysis

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/applied-behavior-analysis> |

> autism <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/autism> | discrete

> trial training

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/discrete-trial-training> |

> intervention <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/intervention> |

> special education

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/special-education> | Texas

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/tags/texas>

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> Authors:

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> Chasson, G.

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/biblio/author/Chasson>; ,

> G. <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/biblio/author/>; Neely,

> W. <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/biblio/author/Neely>

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> Source:

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> J Child Fam Stud, Volume 16, p.401-413 (2007)

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> Layperson Summary:

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> States would save money if they shifted their special education

> funding to Applied Behavior Analysis

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term297> (ABA

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term1619>) therapy for

> young children with autism

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term105>.

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> This paper was designed to see how much the state of Texas would save

> if it were to pay for three years Discrete Trial Training

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term301> (a type of ABA

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term1619> therapy)

> intervention for every child with autism

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term105>. They conclude

> that Texas could save over two billion dollars in special education

> costs if they paid for Discrete Trial Training

> <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term301>. The authors

> limited their study to savings on special education costs. They

> suggest that there will be even more savings when these students

> become adults. The authors conclude that a simple change of policy in

> the state of Texas can improve the quality of lives of many children

> with autism <http://autism.healingthresholds.com/glossary#term105> and

> save money.

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> Scientific Abstract

> <http://www.springerlink.com/content/52q6k240l5125294/fulltext.pdf>

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