Parent Education for Families of Children with Autism Living in Geographically Distant Areas

Many families who are geographically distant from a center that specializes in intervention for autism are unable to access specialized services for their children. This article describes an evaluation of an intensive, week-long, center-based parent education program that teaches procedures for impr...

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Published in:Journal of positive behavior interventions 2002-04, Vol.4 (2), p.88-103
Main Authors: Koegel, Robert L., Symon, Jennifer B., Kern Koegel, Lynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autistic children
Behavior
Communication
Communication Skills
Education
Expressive Language
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Intervention
Medical Services
Mental Disorders
Middle class
Nonverbal Communication
Parent Child Relationship
Parent Education
Parents & parenting
Psychiatric Services
Resistance (Psychology)
Rural areas
Severe Disabilities
Social Development
Speech Therapy
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Training
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Summary:Many families who are geographically distant from a center that specializes in intervention for autism are unable to access specialized services for their children. This article describes an evaluation of an intensive, week-long, center-based parent education program that teaches procedures for improving social communication for children with autism. Five representative families who participated in this program are described. Data were collected on parent implementation of target behaviors using specific motivational teaching procedures of Pivotal Response Training. Data suggest improvements in the parents' use of the procedures, parent affect, and child expressive language during a week-long parent education session. Furthermore, follow-up measures demonstrate that these positive changes generalized to the families' home communities and maintained over time. These findings suggest the feasibility of a short-term, intensive parent education program for families who live in areas that are geographically distant from an intervention center.
ISSN:1098-3007
1538-4772
DOI:10.1177/109830070200400204