Collaborating with an autism community advisory board to develop a family-based, neurodiversity-affirming intervention: PCIT-Autism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) has been effectively implemented for autistic youth and their families who need help reducing disruptive behaviors, promoting language development, and enhancing the parent-child relationship. However, like most autism-based interventions, the PCIT protocol was originally adapted for (rather than with or by) the autism community. A new wave of intervention research calls for input from autism advocates throughout each phase of the research process. The present study signifies the first step in the development and implementation of a pilot PCIT program with autistic youth and their families (i.e., PCIT-Autism).

Methods

Academic researchers collaborated alongside an Autism Community Advisory Board (CAB) comprised of autistic a

SUBMITTER: Quetsch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723838 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature