Impact of Early Interventions on Neurocognitive Profile of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Early start Denver model (Rogers, 2010; Dawson, 2010) is a developmental and behavioral model that aim to enhance socio-comunicative abilities and also global development of children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study is to identify changes in neurocognitive profile of children population with ASD receiving Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) applied 12 hours per week in comparison to children receiving other interventions. That is a study proposed to children with ASD and their families that participate already to a randomized control study called IDEA registered on clinicaltrials.gov NCT02608333. the investigators hypothesized that ESDM would increase social cognition, reduce shifting attention time and increase preference for unpredictable stimuli.