Goal attainment scaling as an outcome measure in randomized controlled trials of psychosocial interventions in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1974-1983

  Ruble, Lisa ^a   McGrew, John H ^b   Toland, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Goal attainment scaling; Outcome measurement; Psychosocial intervention; Randomized controlled trials; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAL ATTAINMENT SCALING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHER; VIDEOTAPE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GOALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84862615183     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1446-7     Document Type: Article

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