Journal
FOCUS ON AUTISM AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 67-79Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1088357616651064
Keywords
autism spectrum disorders; parent training; early intervention
Funding
- Organization of Autism Research
- University of California (UC), Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Telehealth training may benefit parents' use of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study is one of the few randomized trials to compare telehealth parent training in the Early Start Denver Model (P-ESDM) with a community treatment-as-usual, early intervention program. Parents were randomized to 12 weekly 1.5-hr videoconferencing sessions with website access to P-ESDM learning resources or to monthly 1.5-hr videoconferencing sessions with website access to alternative resources to support their intervention. Telehealth training facilitated higher parent fidelity gains and program satisfaction for more of the P-ESDM than the community group at the end of the 12-week training and at follow-up. Children's social communication skills improved for both groups regardless of parent fidelity. Findings suggest the feasibility of telehealth training with improved parent intervention usage and satisfaction from the program. However, the impact of these effects on children's development over time is yet to be understood.
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