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J Autism Dev Disord (2009) 39:1608–1612 DOI 10.1007/s10803-009-0791-7 BRIEF REPORT Brief Report: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Parent-Reported Autism Symptoms in School-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism Jeffrey J. Wood Æ Amy Drahota Æ Karen Sze Æ Marilyn Van Dyke Æ Kelly Decker Æ Cori Fujii Æ Christie Bahng Æ Patricia Renno Æ Wei-Chin Hwang Æ Michael Spiker Published online: 27 June 2009 The Author(s) 2009. This article is published with open access at S Abstract This pilot study tested the effect of cognitive Introduction behavioral therapy (CBT) on parent-reported autism symp- toms. Nineteen children with autism spectrum disorders and Core autism symptoms such as social communication def- an anxiety disorder (7–11 years old) were randomly assigned icits have proven difficult to change through social skills to 16 sessions of CBT or a waitlist condition. The CBT pro- training (Rao et al. 2008). Although several large-scale gram emphasized in vivo exposure supported by parent interventions for young children with autism such as pivotal training and school consultation to promote social commu- response treatment meet American Psychological Associa- nication and emotion regulation skills. Parents completed a tion criteria for probable efficacy, therapeutic treatment standardized autism symptom checklist at baseline and post- programs for school-aged children with an autism spectrum treatment/postwaitlist and 3-month follow-up assessments. disorder (ASD) have not achieved this level of empirical CBT outperformed the waitlist condition at posttreatment/ support. However, there are no known methodologically postwaitlist on total parent-reported autism symptoms rigorous studies of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for (Cohen’s d effect size = .77). Tre