Heterogeneity of neural mechanisms of response to pivotal response treatment
Ventola P, Yang DY, Friedman HE, Oosting D, Wolf J, Sukhodolsky DG, Pelphrey KA. Heterogeneity of neural mechanisms of response to pivotal response treatment. Brain Imaging And Behavior 2014, 9: 74-88. PMID: 25370452, PMCID: PMC4993028, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9331-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentPosterior superior temporal sulcusFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAutism spectrum disorderNeural responsesResponse treatmentRight posterior superior temporal sulcusBiological motion perception taskDifferential neural responsesMotion perception taskSuperior temporal sulcusPerception taskTD childrenTemporal sulcusSocial perceptionBrain responsesNeural mechanismsSpectrum disorderSocial communicationNeural vulnerabilityNeural characteristicsNeural systemsVentral striatumReward systemSubcortical regionsImprovements in Social and Adaptive Functioning Following Short-Duration PRT Program: A Clinical Replication
Ventola P, Friedman HE, Anderson LC, Wolf JM, Oosting D, Foss-Feig J, McDonald N, Volkmar F, Pelphrey KA. Improvements in Social and Adaptive Functioning Following Short-Duration PRT Program: A Clinical Replication. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2014, 44: 2862-2870. PMID: 24915928, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2145-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPivotal Response TreatmentAutism spectrum disorderSocial communicationAdaptive skill developmentCurrent studyPreschool aged childrenAdaptive functioningAdaptive skillsResponse treatmentSpectrum disorderBehavioral goalsClinical replicationBehavioral treatmentSkill developmentTreatment modelConsistency of responsesStandardized assessmentPrt modelMost researchAdditional supportChildrenMeasuresFunctioningContextOutcome measures