TY - JOUR
T1 - From Clinic Room to Zoom
T2 - Delivery of an Evidence-Based, Parent-mediated Intervention in the Community Before and During the Pandemic
AU - Graucher, Tobi
AU - Sinai-Gavrilov, Yana
AU - Mor, Yaniv
AU - Netzer¹, Shay
AU - Cohen, Eyal Y.
AU - Levi, Linoy
AU - Avtalion, Tzlil Birenboim
AU - Koller, Judah
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Disruptive behaviors (DBs) are common in children with autism, affecting child and family quality of life. Parent-mediated interventions (PMIs) are a cost-effective and accessible way to decrease DBs. COVID-19 increased need for telehealth interventions. This study explored a group delivery of an evidence-based PMI (RUBI), delivered face-to-face and virtually in Israel, before and during the pandemic. Fifty-five families of children with autism and DB participated, 24 receiving face-to-face intervention and 31 receiving virtual. Outcome measures included the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Home Situations Questionnaires. Results indicate reduction of DBs across groups, with > 50% of treatment-responders showing reliable change. This study is the first to assess RUBI outside the US among a sociodemographically diverse population, in both in-person and virtual contexts.
AB - Disruptive behaviors (DBs) are common in children with autism, affecting child and family quality of life. Parent-mediated interventions (PMIs) are a cost-effective and accessible way to decrease DBs. COVID-19 increased need for telehealth interventions. This study explored a group delivery of an evidence-based PMI (RUBI), delivered face-to-face and virtually in Israel, before and during the pandemic. Fifty-five families of children with autism and DB participated, 24 receiving face-to-face intervention and 31 receiving virtual. Outcome measures included the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Home Situations Questionnaires. Results indicate reduction of DBs across groups, with > 50% of treatment-responders showing reliable change. This study is the first to assess RUBI outside the US among a sociodemographically diverse population, in both in-person and virtual contexts.
KW - Autism
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Disruptive behavior
KW - Parent training
KW - Parent-mediated intervention
KW - RUBI
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132970679&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-022-05592-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-022-05592-1
M3 - مقالة
C2 - 35764769
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 52
SP - 5222
EP - 5231
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 12
ER -