After the
intervention period, reported language use was substantially higher for children in the
intervention group, and both children with core
autism and non — core
autism demonstrated improvements.
The exclusion criteria were: studies of adoption, studies of adulthood
after AC, studies of specific psychopathologies (i.e.,
Autism, special needs, developmental problems, prenatal exposure to drugs), studies of children previously institutionalised or fostered but then with adoptive or birth families, studies measuring attachment only in carers and studies that evaluate the impact of specific
interventions (other than when the
intervention is placement in a Foster Care Program).