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Parent Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What’s in a Name?

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Abstract

Parent training (PT) is well understood as an evidence-based treatment for typically developing children with disruptive behavior. Within the field of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the term parent training has been used to describe a wide range of interventions including care coordination, psychoeducation, treatments for language or social development, as well as programs designed to address maladaptive behaviors. As a result, the meaning of “parent training” in ASD is profoundly uncertain. This paper describes the need to delineate the variants of PT in ASD and offers a coherent taxonomy. Uniform characterization of PT programs can facilitate communication with families, professionals, administrators, and third-party payers. Moreover, it may also serve as a framework for comparing and contrasting PT programs. In support of the taxonomy, a purposive sampling of the literature is presented to illustrate the range of parent training interventions in ASD.

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Acknowledgments

This publication was made possible by the following grants: the National Institute of Mental Health NIMH R01 MH081148 (principal investigator: L. Scahill); Healthcare Innovation Program/Atlanta Clinical & Translational Research Seed Grant Program. This publication was also made possible by a Clinical and Translational Scholar Award (CTSA) Grant Number UL1 RR024139 and 5KL2RR024138 (principal investigator: K Bearss) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH roadmap for Medical Research. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH.

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Dr. Scahill serves as a consultant for Neuren, Coronado, Roche, MedAdvante, and Shire. Dr. Bearss, Burrell, and Stewart have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.

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    Karen Bearss, T. Lindsey Burrell & Lawrence Scahill

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 12 Executive Park Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA

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Bearss, K., Burrell, T.L., Stewart, L. et al. Parent Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What’s in a Name?. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 18, 170–182 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-015-0179-5

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