Effectiveness of the Five Component Approach (p5) on Behavioral Problems of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Single-Subject research

Abstract

Abstract Aim: the present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of five components approach (p5) on behavioral problems of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Materials and method: the present study employs an AB single-subject design. The population consists of all adolescents with ASD in the City of Isfahan. The sample size consists of 3 adolescents with ASD selected via the purposive sampling method. The research instruments are the Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis Scale (ASDDS) and the Assessment of Behavioral Problems in Adolescents with Autism Checklist (AABPC). After five baseline sessions, intervention was conducted during eight weeks. Finally, three follow-up sessions were conducted as well. To interpret and make conclusions, charts, visual analyses, the trend index and stability index, Percentage of Non-Overlapping Data (PND), and Percentage of Overlapping Data (PND) were used. Findings: after visual analyses of data charts, it was identified that the intervention was effective on the three subjects. The PND for the three subjects were 87.5, 100, and 87.5. Conclusion: the results indicated that the five component approach (p5) reduces significantly the behavioral problems of adolescents with ASD. Therefore, besides other training and rehabilitation methods for adolescents with ASD, the p5 can be employed.

Keywords

• Keywords: behavioral problems
• ASD
• five component approach