• Type:#blog or#article
  • Subject: CBT OCD ASD
  • Bibtex: @vause2015
  • Bibliography: Vause, T., Neil, N., Jaksic, H., Jackiewicz, G., & Feldman, M. (2015). Preliminary Randomized Trial of Function-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Treat Obsessive Compulsive Behavior in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 32(3), 218–228.

  • Treatment: A combination of ERP and applied behavior analysis for children with ASD and compulsive behavior.
  • They used only the compulsions part of CY-BOCS, CY-BOCS not administered at follow-up
  • Some of these behaviors were not “OCD-like”, for example touching fingers in rapid succession. Others were more like classic OCD, for example asking for reassurance about scars or minor marks on body.
  • It is unclear what “Treatment As Usual” means in this study