Table 1.

Descriptive and diagnostic information on families in the IT and WL intervention groups

	IT condition No. (%)	WL condition No. (%)	X 2/t test
Intervention completers	14 (82%)	22 (96%)	1.92, ns
Child sex (male)	12 (71%)	15 (65%)	.13, ns
Child age	9.18 (SD = 1.42)	9.22 (SD = 1.57)	−.09, ns
Primary parent sex (female)	14 (82%)	18 (78%)	.10, ns
Parent graduated college	12 (71%)	13 (60%)	.83, ns
Child ethnic background
Caucasian	8 (47%)	11 (48%)	2.50, ns
Latino/Latina	2 (12%)	3 (13%)
Asian	4 (23%)	2 (9%)
African American	0	1 (4%)
Multiracial/other	3 (18%)	6 (26%)
Autism spectrum disorders
Autistic disorder	9 (53%)	11 (48%)	1.13, ns
PDD-NOS	6 (35%)	11 (48%)
Asperger syndrome	2 (12%)	1 (4%)

Note. None of the group differences were statistically significant (ns = not statistically significant). IT = immediate treatment condition; WL = 3-month waitlist condition