Improving Barriers to Care Access for Children With Autism and Related Needs Via Telehealth for Evaluation, Care Navigating, and Caregiver Coaching
University of Minnesota
Summary
The objectives of the current project are to develop and implement training with community providers to evaluate a supplemental parent coaching intervention delivered via telehealth to improve child communication and behavioral outcomes, parental stress outcomes, and to investigate telehealth models to reach children in geographically dispersed or highly mobile locations and/or from military connected families.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 1+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Provider Inclusion Criteria: * Providers to participate who are in "lead" or supervising roles (e.g., clinical supervisors, lead therapists, level II/level I EIDBI providers), * Participating providers are encouraged to have a master's degree or higher, be level I, or serve as a level II provider with established experience (e.g.,supporting families who speak another language or be certified by a tribal government) however, this decision is up to the participating organization Child/Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Child between ages 1 to 5 * Waiting for either ASD diagnosis or intervention,…
Interventions
- OtherNDBI
The NDBI strategies (e.g., behavioral principles such as reinforcement) embedded within family-centered routines will be used to target child communication, social reciprocity, and parental responsivity. Collateral effects of the supplemental treatment package will be observed in terms of parental stress/efficacy and family quality of life as well. NDBI strategies and methodology provide a powerful tool to increase (and maintain via reinforcement) adaptive behaviors by teaching new skills and promoting generalization of these skills across settings and contexts.
Location
- University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota