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Caregivers of autistic children in low-to-middle-income countries experience many barriers to access resources to support their child's development. Caregiver training is considered an evidence-based practice and may be a cost-effective way to support caregivers of autistic children in such settings. This study focuses on the cultural adaptation of...
Autism is a lifelong condition characterized by repetitive and restrictive behaviors and differences in social communication. The reported prevalence of autism has risen exponentially in the past years. Early identification and subsequent early intervention are key to promoting better outcomes for autistic individuals. However, there is a dearth of...
Cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions for children with developmental disabilities, including autism, is an effective way to increase the effectiveness and sustainment of intervention effects. Such uptake of interventions is especially needed for communities of marginalized and minoritized populations. However, there have been very li...
Challenging behaviors interfere with children's learning, prosocial interactions,
and family dynamics. Parents may benefit from receiving training in
behavioral principles to prevent and reduce challenging behaviors, especially
in low-resourced communities where services are scarce and scattered. This
study implemented an adapted online training on...
While parents are often expected to advocate for their children with disabilities throughout their lifespans, little is known about the beginning advocacy experiences for parents of young children with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the advocacy experiences of caregivers of children with disabilities during early interventio...
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) governs the Early Intervention (EI) system for families of children aged zero to three with developmental delays and disabilities. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many states offer telehealth as a way for families to receive their EI services. Given the limited EI providers in rural...
Although early intervention is known to be effective in promoting positive child and family outcomes, not all families equally benefit from these services due to issues of access. Disparities are known to occur in the publicly funded early intervention system, which are exacerbated among marginalized families with diverse backgrounds, including cul...
Throughout time, advocacy has been needed to ensure individuals with disabilities and their families demonstrate positive outcomes. Specifically, advocacy has been conducted by parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities, including those with autism, as well as self-advocates. With the COVID-19 pandemic, parent advocacy and self-advocacy...
Although family-centeredness is a tenet of early intervention, families often report struggling to meaningfully participate in decision-making. To increase family involvement, Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and service coordinators are charged with educating and empowering families to advocate for their children. Yet, little is know...
Early mathematics skills are predictive of later achievement, but there is evidence teachers generally provide little
mathematics instruction in preschool classrooms. We conducted this survey study to better understand teachers’ reported
beliefs about their own mathematics skills, expectations, and practices for children with and without disabiliti...
Increasingly, interventions are being developed and tested with families of color, including Latino families of transition-aged youth with autism. However, without culturally responsive measures, it is difficult to determine whether an intervention is effective. The purpose of this study was to improve the cultural responsiveness of measures relate...
This review aimed to (a) identify gaze metrics and behavioral assessments used in eye-tracking studies investigating social
communication skills of young autistic children and (b) examine the reported correlation between gaze behaviors and social
communication skills. We conducted a systematic search process following the PRISMA statement. A total...
This meta-analysis examined correlations between eye-tracking measures of gaze behaviors manifested during dynamic salient social stimuli and behavioral assessment measures of social communication skills of young autistic children. We employed a multilevel model with random effects to perform three separate meta-analyses for correlation between soc...
Culturally responsive interventions for autistic children and their families have been developed and implemented to address issues related to limited representation, inequities, and disparities in access to care of minoritized families in research. Currently available reviews are relatively limited in scope or do not synthesize interventions specif...
Background
It is difficult for families to navigate and access services for their children with autism. Barriers to service access are compounded among families from low-resourced backgrounds.
Objective
The purpose of our study was to explore the development of an app to facilitate access to services among families of children with autism from low...
BACKGROUND
It is difficult for families to navigate and access services for their children with autism. Barriers to service access are compounded among families from low-resourced backgrounds.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to explore the development of an app to facilitate access to services among families of children with autism from low...
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) are considered one of the best practices for autistic children and their families. Most NDBIs include a component of providing training and/or coaching to caregivers to enhance skill acquisition and generalization. The procedures to implement these NDBIs are often clearly delineated in man...
Parents of autistic children have historically reported hardships related to raising their children. However, the access to resources related to the childrearing of an autistic child is not equitable, therefore resulting in exacerbated difficulties for parents in low-resource settings. In these situations, peer support may be a protective factor fo...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a training and coaching program aimed to increase the use of the aided language modeling (ALM) strategy by siblings to support the social interactions of children with disabilities who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in the natural environment.
Method
A sing...
Cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions for children with developmental disabilities, including autism, is an effective way to increase the effectiveness and sustainment of intervention effects. Such uptake of interventions is especially needed for communities of marginalized and minoritized populations. However, there have been very li...
Family-centered capacity-building practices have been shown to benefit children and families. However, limited research explores these practices for children who use augmentative and alternative communication. This study explored an intervention to teach family members to implement an Aided Language Modeling (ALM) strategy across natural activities...
Challenging behavior (CB) is a common occurrence in early childhood and frequently occurs in young children with disabilities. CB is also culturally perceived and includes differences in how caregivers understand and define the topography of CB. Despite the cultural interpretation, CB is known to impact the child and their family but there has been...
