Table 2.
Sample descriptives for key study variables
| Study variables—M (SD) | ASD (n = 50) |
DD (n = 31) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensory scores [possible range 1–5] | |||
| HYPO (parent-report measures) | 2.20 (0.57) | 1.89 (0.44) | |
| HYPO (observational measures) | 2.27 (0.52) | 1.72 (0.46) | |
| HYPER (parent-report measures) | 2.39 (0.48) | 2.14 (0.47) | |
| HYPER (observational measures) | 2.27 (0.37) | 2.15 (0.33) | |
| SIRS (parent-report measures) | 2.48 (0.49) | 2.22 (0.56) | |
| SIRS (observational measures) | 2.42 (0.51) | 2.19 (0.54) | |
| VABS scores— 100 (15) | |||
| Daily Living Skills | 55.29 (22.50) | 54.74 (22.36) | |
| Socialization | 64.02 (16.58) | 69.19 (17.62) | |
| Communication Adaptive Behavior Composite |
70.86 (27.34) 59.70 (20.07) |
60.45 (20.19) 56.00 (18.41) |
|
| Total hours of services between time points | |||
| Therapy services (hours per week) | 1.85 (1.22) | 1.83 (1.54) | |
| Educational services (hours per week) | 16.93 (12.94) | 19.76 (11.95) | |
Notes. ASD, autism spectrum disorder. DD, other developmental disability. Sensory scores were averaged across measures: parent-report measures were Sensory Experiences Questionnaire Version 3.0 (Baranek, 2009) and Sensory Profile (Dunn, 1999), observational measures were Sensory Processing Assessment (Baranek, 1999b) and Tactile Defensiveness and Discrimination Test—Revised (Baranek, 1998). VABS, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Sparrow, Balla & Cicchetti, 1984).