Randomized controlled trial of parental responsiveness intervention for toddlers at high risk for autism.

ABSTRACT: This study tested the effects of a parent-mediated intervention on parental responsiveness with their toddlers at high risk for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants included caregivers and their 66 toddlers at high risk for ASD. Caregivers were randomized to 12 sessions of an individualized parent education intervention aimed at improving parental responsiveness or to a monitoring control group involving 4 sessions of behavioral support. Parental responsiveness and child outcomes were measured at three time points: at beginning and end of the 3-month treatment and at 12-months post-study entry. Parental responsiveness improved significantly in the treatment group but not the control group. However, parental responsiveness was not fully maintained at follow up. There were no trea

SUBMITTER: Kasari C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4355997 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature