Journal Article

Effects of Parent-Implemented Interventions on Outcomes of Children with Autism: A Meta-Analysis

Taylor, Tina M, Butler, Marshall, Smith, Timothy B, Clayton, Devan, Cheng, Wai Man

2023

Overview

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been shown to benefit from parent-implemented interventions (PIIs). This meta-analysis improved on prior reviews of PIIs by evaluating RCTs and multiple potential moderators, including indicators of research quality. Fifty-one effect sizes averaged moderately strong overall benefits of PIIs (g = 0.553), with studies having lower risk of research bias yielding lower estimates (g = 0.47). Parent and observer ratings yielded similar averaged estimates for positive behavior/social skills (g = 0.603), language/communication (g = 0.545), maladaptive behavior (g = 0.519), and to a lesser extent, adaptive behavior/life skills (g = 0.239). No other study, intervention, or participant characteristic moderated outcomes. PIIs with children with ASD tend to be effective across a variety of circumstances.

• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Adaptive behavior / Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavior / Behavior problems / Bias / Child Behavior / Children / Communication / Communication (Thought Transfer) / Control Groups / Daily Living Skills / Database Management Systems / Developmental Disabilities / Effect Size / Evaluators / Evidence Based Practice / Families & family life / Independent Study / Interpersonal Competence / Interpersonal Relationship / Intervention / Life skills / Meta Analysis / Moderators / Parent Participation / Parent School Relationship / Parents & parenting / Participant Characteristics / Professional Training / Quasiexperimental Design / Reviews / Skills / Social behavior / Social factors / Social skills / Supervision