Social Validity of a Training and Coaching Program for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder on a Waiting List for Early Behavioral Intervention

Rivard, Mélina; Morin, Marjorie; Mercier, Céline; Terroux, Amélie; Mello, Catherine; Lépine, Anabel

doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0604-5

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“…Parent training is now considered as an important component of successful intervention programs for children on the AS, although large scale randomized trials are still scarce and comparisons across studies are complicated due to differences in the theoretical basis of interventions, and the outcome measurement tools that are used. Reviews on interventions for parents of children on the AS focus on two different aspects: the use of models that focus on training parents to intervene with their children themselves, or models that aim to provide information and coaching to help parents complement professional services [6]. Training parents to work with their children allows intervention to begin early with the aim that parent-interaction strategies help enhance the child's earliest social relationships [21].…”

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“…This is due to the fact that available evidence reports on variability in interventions including length, intensity, content and delivery; lack of direct comparisons between interventions; variability in recruitment; and how characteristics of children and parents are described across studies, all of which make generalizations difficult [21]. Rivard et al (2017) evaluated a parental training and coaching program for the parents of children who had recently been diagnosed on the AS and placed on a waiting list for early behavioral intervention. The program consisted of five intensive group sessions followed by individual, at-home coaching (one hour a week for 12 months).…”

Section: How Do Parent Education Programs Benefit Children and Parents?mentioning

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“…The authors suggest that increased knowledge or awareness of the child's condition or a focus on systematic interventions for the child might induce greater stress on parents. However, another possibility could be that this increase was unrelated to participation in the program, as many children were enrolled in day care at the same time [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The demand for specialized services for children diagnosed on the AS has grown considerably over the past decade and reflects a substantial increase in the estimated prevalence of autism [5]. Service providers are faced with the challenge of providing high quality interventions, at an early stage (as early as possible after the diagnosis), with an intensive nature and over an extended period of time [6]. Where specialized services are offered as a public service, they must also be equitable (available to all children) and accessible.…”

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“…Where specialized services are offered as a public service, they must also be equitable (available to all children) and accessible. Faced with insufficient resources to meet demands, an increasing number of children (and parents) are placed on waiting lists, and such periods have been linked to high stress levels and psychological distress [6].…”

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Parent training for parents of children on the autism spectrum: a review

Prata¹,

Lawson²,

Coelho³

2018

IJCNMH

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Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition with biological, genetic, environmental and developmental causes, which are still not clearly understood. Parents are usually the primary caregivers for their children and the essential link between home and school environments. Often they also take on a coach or therapist role across a variety of interventions, which demands a great amount of time, dedication, energy and financial resources. Increased parent skills allow for continued opportunities for the child to learn in a range of different situations and environments, and parent training is now considered an important component of successful intervention programs. This paper is a review of current research regarding parent training for parents of children on the autism spectrum.

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Section: How Do Parent Education Programs Benefit Children and Parents?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Do Parent Education Programs Benefit Children and Parents?mentioning

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Parent training for parents of children on the autism spectrum: a review

Prata¹,

Lawson²,

Coelho³

2018

IJCNMH

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Caregivers can implement play‐based instruction without disrupting child preference

Pisman

Luczynski

2020

J of App Behav Analysis

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Young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder often require systematic teaching to learn new skills, and caregivers can teach their children by embedding learning opportunities in a play‐based context. However, researchers have not evaluated procedures to train caregivers how to implement a combination of strategies designed to establish rapport and early language skills while maintaining play as a preferred context. Caregiver–child dyads composed of 2 mothers and their sons were recruited to participate. A multiple‐probe design across strategies was used to demonstrate the efficacy of behavioral skills training on the mothers' integration of parallel play, child‐directed interaction, teaching requests (mands), and teaching labels (tacts). Both children acquired the target requests and labels as a function of their mothers' teaching. By assessing the children's preferences, we confirmed the teaching strategies did not decrease toy engagement or the value of playing with their mother. We obtained stimulus generalization of the mothers' implementation of the strategies from a clinic to their home and maintenance of mother and child performance across a month.

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