The Effectiveness of Neurofeedback Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (BestMasters)

Franziska Eller Investigated The Effectiveness Of Individualized Neurofeedback Training In Addition To A Comprehensive Basic Neurodevelopmental Therapy For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (asd). The Results Clearly Speak For The Benefits Of A Supplemental Neurofeedback Training, Since Qeeg Recordings Revealed Positive Changes In The Children’s Brain Wave Activity After Only A Few Weeks Of Training. Furthermore Behavioral Aspects And Imitation Abilities Were Assessed Using Two Autism Questionnaires And An Imitation Test. Results Showed That All Children Improved In Several Domains, With The Treatment Group Partly Achieving Greater Changes Than The Control Group. Unlike The Most Prevalent Therapy Methods That Are Mainly Behavior-based, Neurofeedback Training Aims At Improving Abnormal Brain Wave Activity And Thereby Establishes An Alternative, Promising Approach To Treat Autism Spectrum Disorders. contents Characterization Of Autism Spectrum Disorders Description Of Neurofeedback Training Current Research Situation Regarding Neurofeedback Training For Asd Implementations For Future Research Investigations target Groups Researchers And Students, Academic Lecturers In Psychology Practitioners In The Fields Of Autism Treatment And Neurofeedback Training the Author Franziska Eller Graduated From The Technische Universität Braunschweig With Her Master’s Degree In Psychology. She Currently Works In The Field Of Early Intervention At An Autism Center In Potsdam. By Franziska Eller. Foreword 6 Acknowledgments 8 Abstract 9 Table of contents 10 Tables and figures 12 1 Introduction 13 2 Theoretical background and current research situation 15 2.1 Autism Spectrum Disorder 15 2.2 Neurofeedback training 19 2.3 Neurofeedback training for Autism Spectrum Disorders 25 3 Research questions and hypotheses 29 4 Method 31 4.1 Participants 31 4.2 Procedure 32 4.3 Assessment instruments 34 4.3.1 QEEG 34 4.3.2 Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) 35 4.3.3 Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC; modified) 36 4.3.4 Florida Apraxia Screening Test, Revised (FAST-R; modified) 37 5 Results 39 5.1 QEEG 39 5.2 Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) 45 5.3 Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC, modified) 47 5.4 Florida Apraxia Screening Test, Revised (FAST-R; modified) 52 6 Discussion 54 References 58 Appendix 62 Appendix A: Information sheet about the project and consent form for participation 63 Appendix B: Questionnaire instructions for parents and teachers (preassessment) 65 Appendix C: Questionnaire instructions for parents and teachers (postassessment) 66 Appendix D: Modified version of the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) 67 Appendix E: Modified version of the Florida Apraxia Screening Test-Revised (FAST-R) 72 Appendix F: Overview of the participants’ relevant characteristics 74 Appendix G: Correlation matrix of gender, age and all subscales of the SRS-2, ATEC and FAST-R 75 Appendix H: Results of one-sample Shapiro-Wilk test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests of normality as well as Levene’s tests of equality of error variances 76 Appendix I: 2 × 1 repeated measures MANOVAs within the treatmen tgroup (n = 8): Results of univariate analyses for parent ratings and teacher ratings on the SRS-2 scales 77 Appendix J: Median values for all ATEC subscales for the parent and teacher ratings within the treatment group (n = 8) and results of the comparison of the two assessments at each time point (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test) 78 Appendix K: Median values for all FAST-R subtests and results of thecomparison of pre- and post-assessments within each group (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test) 79 Contents include characterization of autism spectrum disorders; description of neurofeedback training; current research situation regarding neurofeedback training for autism spectrum distorders; and implemenation for future research investigations. Target groups for the book are researchers and students, academic lectureres in psychology; and practitioners in the fields of autism treatment and neurofeedback training. -- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages 1-13 Introduction....Pages 15-16 Theoretical background and current research situation....Pages 17-30 Research questions and hypotheses....Pages 31-32 Method....Pages 33-40 Results....Pages 41-55 Discussion....Pages 57-60 Back Matter....Pages 61-82