Treatment Brochure Assignment
This is your opportunity to look deeper into interventions that may be of interest to you and
search the literature base regarding these interventions. You are to choose two specific
interventions and create a treatment
ochure for each one. The interventions you choose should
have some common factor. Examples of possible topics are listed below, but you are not limited
to these topics. Each treatment
ochure should be two pages of information and can be in any
format you choose as long as you keep at least a consistent 12-point font (you can go smaller but
not larger). Your references should be on a separate page and not included within the two-page
equirement. When creating your
ochure, keep in mind that its purpose is for a parent or
individual with autism to easily reference and learn about the strengths and limitations of two
interventions that they are considering pursuing. Your
ochures can also be intended for
professionals to have easy access to information when deciding between treatments. Each
treatment
ochure should contain the following information or address the following questions:
1. An overview of each intervention.
2. Who do we know the intervention works well with (i.e., what populations)?
3. Address whether there is literature to support its use with the ASD population (i.e., is
there research efficacy?)
4. Treatment feasibility, as discussed in previous modules of this course, should be
addressed for both interventions. Indicators of treatment feasibility include: treatment
acceptability, demand for the services, treatment fidelity, practicality, adaptability,
and integration
5. Generalizability of the intervention
6. What don’t we know yet about the intervention? What potential weaknesses do you
see in the intervention?
Additional requirements: Each intervention needs at least 3 data-based articles from peer-
eviewed journals referenced. The intent is not to compare and contrast the interventions but
provide a detailed description of the pros and cons so a family or treatment provider can make an
informed decision. This assignment does not necessarily need to focus only on strategies that
have a lot of research support, but you do need to relate the information in your
ochure to the
literature through citations to your research articles. This assignment is worth 100 points and a
u
ic is attached at the end of this document to know how you will be graded. In determining
the depth of information to include in your
ochure, remember that it is worth 100 points. You
need at least enough information that would be provided on two pages of a word document per
intervention; however, you must save and upload a PDF file. Do not get too caught up on
format that it overshadows the information you are presenting. Limit use of graphics. Samples
have been provided to give you an idea about assignment expectations; however, you are not to
copy the samples. Your assignment will be judged on creativity and copying the samples will be
considered plagiarism.
Ideas for this assignment are listed below but are not limited to this list. This list includes the
oad ideas, and you must na
ow them down to the specific interventions within the areas. For
example, you should not do a
ochure on Naturalistic Teaching Strategies, but rather, you
should select two separate interventions the fall in that category and create a two-page
ochure
on each one.
• Early intervention strategies
• School-based interventions
• Academic Interventions
• Social Skills strategies
• Adolescent interventions
• Interventions for como
id conditions in ASD
• Interventions for self-injurious behaviors
• Adult Interventions
• Naturalistic Teaching Strategies
• AAC devices
• Strategies within ABA (i.e., antecedent interventions, differential reinforcement
strategies, Token economy, structured teaching, visual schedules, etc.)
• Alternative Treatments
• Animal Assisted Interventions
• Use of electronic devices in intervention
Autism Treatment Brochure Ru
ic
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Weaknesses
The
ochure only
addresses strengths
of the intervention.
Weaknesses are
ushed aside as
unimportant and/or
minimal, taking away
from the decision-
making power of a
parent or professional.
Weaknesses are
mentioned, but there is
no reference as to why
this would be limiting
to using the
intervention with a
person with ASD.
Weaknesses or
limitations are noted
for the intervention
and have a reference.
These weaknesses
address the
intervention as a
whole.
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Overview The overview is
insufficient in
description and
could be confused
with other
interventions of like
characteristics.
An overview is
provided, but is
vague in details
and confusing to a
parent or
professional.
An overview of the
intervention is provided,
ut is
ief and does not
fully prepare a family to
understand the
intervention.
The intervention is
described in detail.
The overview is
easily understood
and provides family
and professionals
with enough
information to
understand what will
happen.
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Treatment
Feasibility
No, or insufficient,
mention of
treatment feasibility
is included in each
ochure.
Only one indicator
of treatment
feasibility is
discussed, or this
section lacks details.
Treatment
feasibility is
mentioned and
includes some
indicators as noted
for full credit, but
they lack details or
are not easily
understood by a
parent or
professional.
Treatment feasibility is
described in detail and
addresses many of the
components that make
up feasibility including
treatment acceptability,
demand for the services,
treatment
fidelity, practicality,
adaptability, and
integration.
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Literature
support
There is no
mention to the
literature support
for the
intervention.
Evidence is
presented, but it is
unclear as to
whether the
intervention is
supported because
details are lacking.
A mention of efficacy
is made but there is no
eference to the
literature that was
eviewed to make the
decision. It research is
limited for the
intervention, it is
unclear to a parent.
The efficacy of the
intervention is discussed
and related back to the
literature cited. A parent
or professional would
easily understand if the
intervention is
supported through
esearch, or if the
esearch on this
intervention is limited.
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References
Little or no
evidence that
esearch was
consulted to gain
information. APA
format is used
inco
ectly or not
at all.
2-3 articles are cited.
APA format is used,
ut includes many
mistakes.
Several articles are
cited. APA format is
used co
ectly with
few mistakes.
Citations are
proficient and
extensive. APA
format is used
co
ectly with no
mistakes.
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Quality of
Writing/
Creativity
Unacceptable use of
spelling, grammar,
sentence structure,
punctuation, and
capitalization.
Spelling, grammar,
sentence structure,
punctuation, and
capitalization e
ors
detract from
presentation and
goals. Samples are
followed without
much originality.
Level of Spelling,
grammar, sentence
structure, punctuation,
and capitalization are
presented with e
ors that
somewhat detract from
the overall presentation.
Creativity is limited.
Spelling, grammar,
sentence structure,
punctuation, and
capitalization are
co
ect. Writing is
fluid and easily
understood.
Assignment is
creative and original.
Sample 1
Title Page
Ball State University
Dr. Dale
SPCE 682
Discrete Trial Training
Discrete Trial Training (DTT) is a scientific
ased practice most commonly used for
children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD). Through DTT the use of repetition
and sequenced instructions are used to teach
core skills to children with ASD (Lovaas,
1987). Based on Applied behavioral analysis
(ABA) DTT allows for the teaching of a
variation of skills (Weiss, XXXXXXXXXXThe
implementation of DTT results in successful
communication, social skills, cognition, and
academic skills (Jones, Ca
, and Feely,
2006). The practice of DTT allows one to
eak down skills into smaller separate
components, while teaching skills one by
one and using reinforcements to acquire
desired behaviors (Autism Speaks, 2018).
DTT has been found to be successful in the
teaching of children among the ASD
population.
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Implementation of DTT
DTT is a single teaching unit and is
delivered to a child with ASD in a one to
one setting. DTT can be implemented in a
home setting, community, and classroom
setting (AFIRM, 2018)
DTT consists of four factors.