TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a parent training program for children with pervasive developmental disorders
AU - Johnson, Cynthia R.
AU - Handen, Benjamin L.
AU - Butter, Eric
AU - Wagner, Ann
AU - Mulick, James
AU - Sukhodolsky, Denis G.
AU - Williams, Susan
AU - Swiezy, Naomi A.
AU - Arnold, L. Eugene
AU - Aman, Michael G.
AU - Scahill, Lawrence
AU - Stigler, Kimberly A.
AU - McDougle, Christopher J.
AU - Vitiello, Benedetto
AU - Smith, Tristram
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1002/bin.237
DO - 10.1002/bin.237
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34547142590
VL - 22
SP - 201
EP - 221
JO - Behavioral Interventions
JF - Behavioral Interventions
SN - 1072-0847
IS - 3
ER -