| Title: |
Parent Utilization of ImPACT Intervention Strategies Is a Mediator of Proximal Then Distal Social Communication Outcomes in Younger Siblings of Children with ASD |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Yoder, Paul J. (ORCID 0000-0002-0337-0141); Stone, Wendy L.; Edmunds, Sarah R. |
| Source: |
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. Jan 2021 25(1):44-57. |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
14 |
| Publication Date: |
2021 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH) |
| Contract Number: |
R01DC013767; P30HD15052; F31DC015696 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Adult Education |
| Descriptors: |
Intervention; Siblings; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; At Risk Persons; Training; Parent Education; Interpersonal Competence; Communication Skills; Skill Development; Imitation; Psychomotor Skills; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; Individual Characteristics; Children; Cognitive Ability |
| Geographic Terms: |
Tennessee (Nashville); Washington (Seattle) |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule |
| DOI: |
10.1177/1362361320946883 |
| ISSN: |
1362-3613 |
| Abstract: |
Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (HR-Sibs) are at elevated risk for social communication deficits and language delays. One way to mitigate this risk early, before these deficits and delays become clear or impairing, may be to equip parents to use the strategies taught through the "Improving Parents as Communication Teachers" (ImPACT) intervention. In this randomized control trial, 97 HR-Sibs (mean age 14 months) and their primary caregiver were randomized to either ImPACT or a business-as-usual control group. Our "a priori," preregistered hypothesis was that parents' participation in ImPACT training would indirectly attenuate younger siblings' social communication challenges 9 months later by sequentially increasing parents' use of ImPACT strategies immediately after the intervention phase and by improving children's midpoint proximal skills (e.g. motor imitation or intentional communication). Results supported this prediction. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2021 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1284254 |
| Database: |
ERIC |