Adaption and pilot implementation of an autism executive functioning intervention in children's mental health services: a mixed-methods study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represent a growing population with significant service needs. Prominent among these needs are high rates of co-occurring psychiatric conditions that contribute to increased functional impairments and often necessitate mental health services. Executive functioning deficits are associated with ASD as well as common co-occurring conditions (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and an evidence-based intervention has been developed and tested to address executive functioning within the school context. There is an urgent need to implement indicated evidence-based interventions for youth with ASD receiving care in community mental health settings. Interventions that optimally "fit" the mental health services context as well

SUBMITTER: Dickson KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371471 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature