A Randomised Group Comparison Controlled Trial of "Preschoolers with Autism": A Parent Education and Skills Training Intervention for Young Children with Autistic Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Tonge, Bruce; Brereton, Avril; Kiomall, Melissa; Mackinnon, Andrew; Rinehart, Nicole J.
Titel	A Randomised Group Comparison Controlled Trial of "Preschoolers with Autism": A Parent Education and Skills Training Intervention for Young Children with Autistic Disorder
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 18 (2014) 2, S.166-177 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361312458186
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Preschool Children; Parent Education; Intervention; Parent Counseling; Parenting Skills; Training; Adjustment (to Environment); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Child Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Cognitive Development; Language Acquisition; Program Effectiveness; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Australia; Developmental Behavior Checklist; Reynell Developmental Language Scales; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Parent counselling; Elternberatung; Ausbildung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Kognitive Entwicklung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Aim: To determine the effect of parent education on adaptive behaviour, autism symptoms and cognitive/language skills of young children with autistic disorder. Method: A randomised group comparison design involving a parent education and counselling intervention and a parent education and behaviour management intervention to control for parent skills training and a control sample. Two rural and two metropolitan regions were randomly allocated to intervention groups ("n" = 70) or control ("n" = 35). Parents from autism assessment services in the intervention regions were randomly allocated to parent education and behaviour management ("n" = 35) or parent education and counselling ("n" = 35). Results: Parent education and behaviour management resulted in significant improvement in adaptive behaviour and autism symptoms at 6 months follow-up for children with greater delays in adaptive behaviour. Parent education and behaviour management was superior to parent education and counselling. We conclude that a 20-week parent education programme including skills training for parents of young children with autistic disorder provides significant improvements in child adaptive behaviour and symptoms of autism for low-functioning children. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10