Training Community Therapists in AIM HI: Individual Family and Neighborhood Factors and Child/Caregiver Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Publicly funded mental health services play an important role in caring for children with mental health needs, including children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study assessed the associations between individual family- and neighborhood-level sociodemographic factors and baseline family functioning and long-term outcomes when community therapists were trained to deliver An Individualized Mental Health Intervention for ASD (AIM HI).

Method

Participants included 144 children with ASD (ages 5 to 13 years; 58.3% Latinx) and their caregivers whose therapists received AIM HI training within a cluster-randomized effectiveness-implementation trial in publicly funded mental health services. Sociodemographic strain (e.g., low income, less education,

SUBMITTER: Caplan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877246 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature