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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Mar;50(3):881–892. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04304-6

Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regression predicting DTT and PRT trajectory class membership

High Ascending DTT
Use (Referent Group:
Low Stable DTT Use)
OR [95% CI]
Late Ascending DTT
Use (Referent Group:
Low Stable DTT Use)
OR [95% CI]
Teacher / Classroom / Organizational Characteristics
Training in ASD Intervention 3.70* [1.25-10.91] 1.13 [0.41-3.09]
Years Teacher Spent in Special Education 1.20* [1.06-1.35] 1.03 [0.97-1.09]
DTT Skill (Accuracy measured at baseline) 1.45* [1.04-2.04] 1.01 [0.66-1.52]
Implementation Leadership 0.58* [0.40-0.81] 0.62 [0.38-1.01]
Implementation Climate 1.02 [0.71-1.33] 0.92 [0.60-1.25 ]
Average Class Size 0.88 [0.6-1.27] 1.27 [0.80-2.01]
Number of Classroom Support Staff 1.45* [1.04-2.01] 0.89 [0.50-1.57]
Teacher’s Intentions to provide DTT 0.76 [0.39-1.50] 0.76 [0.39-1.50]
Teacher’s Age 0.91* [0.86-0.97] 1.04* [1.01-1.08]
Teachers’ Race: White 0.36 [0.12-1.10] 0.36 [0.12-1.10]
Child Characteristics
DAS Verbal Subscale 0.97* [0.95-0.99] 0.98 [0.97-1.01]
PDDBI Social Approach Subscale 0.98* [0.95-0.99] 0.98 [0.95-1.01]
PDDBI Sensory Symptoms Subscale 1.02 [0.99-1.04] 1.01 [0.99-1.04]
Ascending PRT Use
(Referent Group:
Low Stable PRT Use)
OR [95% CI]
Descending PRT Use
(Referent Group:
Low Stable PRT Use)
OR [95% CI]
Teacher / Classroom / Organizational Characteristics
Training in ASD Intervention 1.00 [0.34-2.89 ] 0.34 [0.10-1.20]
Years Teacher Spent in Special Education 1.03 [0.90-1.18] 0.98 [0.90-1.08]
PRT Skill (Accuracy measured at baseline) 1.68* [1.06-2.70] 1.21 [0.79-1.87]
Implementation Leadership 0.40* [0.23-0.68] 1.24 [0.67-2.30]
Implementation Climate 1.05 [0.53-1.57] 0.94 [0.60-1.28 ]
Average Class Size 0.56* [0.36-0.86] 0.63* [0.46-0.87]
Number of Classroom Support Staff 1.35 [0.87-2.08] 1.42* [1.05-1.92]
Teacher’s Intentions to provide PRT 0.91 [0.60-1.39 ] 0.75* [0.57-0.99]
Teacher’s Age 0.92* [0.85-0.99] 0.97 [0.96-1.01]
Teachers’ Race: White 0.16* [0.04-0.69] 0.51 [0.35-3.97]
Child Characteristics
DAS Verbal Subscale 0.99 [0.97-1.02] 1.00 [0.99-1.02]
PDDBI Social Approach Subscale 0.99 [0.98-1.01] 1.00 [0.98-1.02]
PDDBI Sensory Symptoms Subscale 1.01 [0.99-1.03] 1.03* [1.00-1.05]

Note.

*

p < .05; PDDBI = Pervasive Developmental Disorder Behavioral Inventory; DAS = Differential Ability Scales for autism