ASSOCIATED CURRENT STUDIES
Piloting
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dr. Shaun
Eack, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Department of Health
In this research we
propose to pilot Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), a psychosocial
educational and cognitive rehabilitation approach, for improving
cognition in 20 adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). All 20
adults will receive CET, and cognitive and behavioral measures will be
employed to provide preliminary measures of the efficacy of this
educational and cognitive training program.
Cognitive Enhancement
Therapy for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dr. Shaun
Eack, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health
In
this research we propose to examine the relative efficacy of Cognitive
Enhancement Therapy (CET), a psychosocial cognitive rehabilitation
approach, for improving cognition and brain function in 67 patients with
autism-spectrum disorders (ASD). An initial pilot will be conducted with
12 patients to adapt the approach to individuals with ASD, and then a
clinical trial with 55 patients will be conducted by randomizing
individuals to receive CET or treatment as usual. Cognitive, behavioral,
and neurobiological measures will be employed to measure relative
efficacy of CET compared to treatment as usual on these domains. |
Investigators
Associated Current Studies
Diffusion Tensor Tracking
Language Processing
Visual Processing
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy
Facial Recognition Intervention