Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11051194
Keywords
autism; telehealth; behavioral skills training; parent training
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Funding
- Assessorato Regionale delle Attivita Produttive, Sicily [08SR2620000204]
- Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale-ASP-di Trapani [08SR2620000204, 20190003196-10/12/2019]
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COVID-19 has had a negative impact on the mental health of children with ASD and their parents. A web-based BST program during the pandemic significantly reduces behavioral disorders, improves psychological distress, and enhances the perception of ASD-related symptoms in parents.
COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the mental health of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as on their parents. Remote health services are a sustainable approach to behavior management interventions and to giving caregivers emotional support in several clinical domains. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigated the feasibility of a web-based behavioral skills training (BST) program for 16 parents and their children with ASD at home. The BST parent training package was tailored to each different specific behavioral disorder that characterizes children with ASD. After training, we found a significant reduction in the frequency of all the targeted behavioral disorders, as well as an improvement in psychological distress and the perception of the severity of ASD-related symptoms in parents. Our data confirm the efficacy of remote health care systems in the management of behavioral disorders of children with ASD, as well as of their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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