[3] In 2010, the two researchers published Early Start Denver Model for Young Children with Autism: Promoting Language, Learning, and Engagement,[4] in which the ESDM is manualized and described in detail.
The assessment serves as a baseline for future reassessments, which are rerun every 12 weeks,[7] and a model of it is presented in Rogers and Dawson's 2010 book,[1] being called the ESDM Curriculum Checklist.
[13] A separate meta-analysis using 11 studies described as high-quality randomized controlled trials analyzed results in four major domains related to ASD (autism symptoms, language, cognition, and social communication).
The study found that children receiving the ESDM showed significant improvements in the cognition (g = 0.28), autism symptoms (g = 0.27), and language (g = 0.29) domains.
[15] Therefore, countries have incorporated treatment options in heterogeneous ways, meaning that the Denver Model has been adopted with different intensities throughout the world.
[17] The Agência Nacional de Saúde Suplementar (ANS), Brazil's regulating body for private healthcare plan providers, recognizes different forms of ASD within the scope of pervasive developmental disorders.
[18] Since 2012, the Haute Autorité de Santé of France recognizes ESDM's efficacy and recommends that public healthcare institutions consider it as one of their options when treating children with ASD.