Table 1.
Between-Group Comparisons of Child and Teacher Characteristics
| Characteristics | Nonintervention
|
Intervention
|
t (df) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
| Children | ||||
| Age | 5.98 (1.5) | 6.18 (1.9) | −0.34 (33) | .74 |
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale | 41.43 (8.2) | 36.38 (9.9) | 1.55 (30) | .13 |
| Differential Abilities Scalea,b | 39.47 (18.4) | 53.78 (27.1) | −1.81 (33) | .08 |
| Oral and Written Language Scalesa,b | 41.13 (19.0) | 51.56 (17.2) | −1.68 (32) | .10 |
| Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Teacher Report)a,b | 62.29 (9.2) | 64.88 (16.7) | −0.56 (32) | .58 |
| Behavior Assessment System for Children–2 (Teacher)a,c | 59.53 (8.5) | 59.83 (7.0) | −0.11 (31) | .91 |
| Teachers | ||||
| Number of children taughtd | 8.85 (11.5) | 4.56 (6.1) | 1.29 (27) | .21 |
| Total years working with children with autisme | 8.27 (8.3) | 5.34 (5.5) | 1.16 (29) | .25 |
a
Standard score.
b
Based on externalizing composite.
c
t score.
d
Refers to total number throughout teaching career.
e
Refers to total number of students with autism taught.