Research: Parents’ Experiences of Home-Based Applied Behavior Analysis Programs for Young Children with Autism

Authored by Grindle, CF, Kovshoff RP, Hastings RP, and Remington B. in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Volume 39, Issue , p. 42-56, (2009).

Article summary (posted Jun 11, 2009):

Home-based therapies may be more beneficial to children with autism if therapists also provide parent support.

Parents are often involved with home-based early intensive behavior intervention (EIBI) for their children with autism. They say it helps them, their child, and the rest of the family. But there are difficulties: daily life activities along with the added therapy duties made some parents more stressed and they had less energy to continue the therapy. If therapy providers help support parents, home-based therapy may be carried out longer and be more helpful.

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applied behavior analysis (ABA), autism, early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI), energy, family, home, home-based therapies, home-based therapy, intensive, intensive behavior intervention, intervention, parent, parent support, therapist, therapy
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