Parent Telehealth Intervention for Children With Autism

Parent Language Intervention for Autism

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, telecoaching/telepractice models are of urgent importance. Given this, parents in the study will receive parent coaching through weekly video calls. To help us understand the best types of telecoaching, we will offer all participants responsive coaching, with half of the participants receiving an additional opportunity to reflect on their own use of language strategies with a therapist using video feedback and the other half receiving responsive coaching as usual, without video feedback. This information is important in helping us to understand the best way to coach parents using a telepractice model so that parents implement the intervention at high fidelity. Furthermore, we will aim to understand how parent learning style may also influence the implementation of these strategies.

Inclusion Criteria:

Child inclusion criteria include:

• diagnosis of ASD or showing signs of ASD based on autism screening
• chronological age of less than 48 months
• a parent who is willing to learn intervention strategies
• English as the primary language spoken in the home

Parent inclusion criteria include:

- Biological Mother

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children or parents with additional impairments (e.g., blindness, deafness, genetic syndromes) will be excluded from the study.
• Fathers or caregivers other than the child's Mother will be excluded from the study.