Habilitative Teletherapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Survey of Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether service losses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were associated with worsened parent mental health or child behavioral health among families of children with autism spectrum disorder and to identify factors associated with favorable parent appraisals of habilitative teletherapy (applied behavior analysis; speech, occupational, physical therapy) for their child.

Method

This web-based survey study was conducted from May to July 2021 with parents whose children were receiving habilitative therapy for autism from an integrated health system. A total of 322 parents responded to the survey (20% response rate). The outcome variables were pandemic-related parent mental health, pandemic-related chil

SUBMITTER: Choi KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837790 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Nov 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature