Journal Article

COMPASS for Hope: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Parent Training and Support Program for Children with ASD

Ruble, Lisa A, Ables, Amanda P, Rodgers, Alexis D, Toland, Michael D, Kuravackel, Grace M, Reese, Robert J

2018

Overview

Despite the growing number of studies that demonstrate the importance of empowering parents with knowledge and skills to act as intervention agents for their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there are limited examples of parent-mediated interventions that focus on problem behaviors. Additionally, access to ASD-trained clinicians and research supported delivery options for families in rural areas is severely limited. COMPASS for Hope (C-HOPE) is an 8-week parent intervention program that was developed with the option of telehealth or face-to-face delivery. Parents who received C-HOPE intervention reported a reduction in parenting stress and an increase in competence. Parents also reported significant reductions in child behavior problems, both when compared to pre-intervention levels and to a waitlist control condition.

• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavior Change / Behavior Modification / Behavior Problems / Behaviour disordered children / Caregivers / Child Behavior / Child Rearing / Children / Competence / Dropout Rate / Educational Objectives / Effect Size / Evidence Based Practice / Family (Sociological Unit) / Functional Behavioral Assessment / Goal Orientation / Influence of Technology / Interpersonal Competence / Intervention / Medical technology / Meta Analysis / Outcomes of Education / Parent Child Relationship / Parent Education / Parent Participation / Parental stress / Parenthood education / Parents & parenting / Performance Based Assessment / Rural Areas / Rural communities / Social Development / Stress management / Support services / Telecommunications / Telemedicine