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- Title
Development of a parent training program for children with pervasive developmental disorders.
- Authors
Johnson, Cynthia R.; Handen, Benjamin L.; Butter, Eric; Wagner, Ann; Mulick, James; Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Williams, Susan; Swiezy, Naomi A.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Aman, Michael G.; Scahill, Lawrence; Stigler, Kimberley A.; McDougle, Christopher J.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Smith, Tristram
- Abstract
Parent delivered interventions based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) have been evaluated using primarily single-subject design methodology or small case series. While the results of these evaluations are encouraging, an important next step is to standardize the interventions to allow for replication across sites, in studies with large samples and measures of long-term, clinically meaningful outcomes such as improvements in children's functioning and their relationships with parents. Accordingly, the Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP Autism Network) assembled a detailed manual for a structured behavioral parent training (PT) program, developed treatment fidelity and training procedures, and conducted a pilot, feasibility study. The PT program is part of a large scale, multisite study intended to determine the efficacy of combined pharmacological treatment and behavioral intervention to improve behavior and adaptive functioning in children with PDD. This paper discusses the rationale for this project. A companion paper provides the results of our feasibility study on the PT program. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
OPERANT behavior; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; CHILD psychopathology; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; HEALTH outcome assessment; PEDIATRIC pharmacology
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 3, p201
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.237