CONCLUSION Non-specialist mediated interventions for autism spectrum disorder demonstrate effectiveness across a range of outcomes for children with autism and their caregivers
INTRODUCTION In recent years , several non-specialist mediated interventions have been developed and tested to address problematic symptoms associated with autism .
These can be implemented with a fraction of cost required for specialist delivered interventions .
This review represents a robust evidence of clinical effectiveness of these interventions in improving the social , motor and communication deficits among children with autism .
Enhancing interactions during daily routines: A randomized controlled trial of a web‐based tutorial for parents of young children with ASD
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD ) often experience difficulty participating in everyday home routines , such as bed time or bath time . This r and omized controlled trial examined the efficacy of an interactive , web‐based parenting tutorial for improving children 's engagement in daily routines ( i.e. , proximal outcomes ) as well improving children 's social communication and parenting efficacy and stress ( i.e. , broad outcomes ) . Parents of children with ASD between 18 and 60 months were r and omly assigned to the  Tutorial  group ( n = 52 ) or the  Control group ( n = 52 ) . All parents completed question naires at baseline ( T1 ) , 1 month after T1 ( T2 ; post‐tutorial completion ) , and 2 months after T1 ( T3 ) . Relative to the Control group , parents in the Tutorial group reported significantly higher use of evidence ‐based instructional strategies and higher levels of child engagement during routines at T2 and T3 . In addition , parents in the Tutorial group reported significantly lower parenting stress and higher parenting efficacy at T3 , as well as higher ratings of child social communication at T2 and T3 , compared to the Control group . Parents reported being highly satisfied with both the clinical content and technical aspects of the tutorial . These improvements in both proximal and broad parent‐child outcomes suggest that this tutorial may be a promising and accessible way for empowering some parents and improving parent‐child interactions . Autism Res 2018 , 11 : 667–678 . © 2018 International Society for Autism Research , Wiley Periodicals ,
CONCLUSION Non-specialist mediated interventions for autism spectrum disorder demonstrate effectiveness across a range of outcomes for children with autism and their caregivers
INTRODUCTION In recent years , several non-specialist mediated interventions have been developed and tested to address problematic symptoms associated with autism .
These can be implemented with a fraction of cost required for specialist delivered interventions .
This review represents a robust evidence of clinical effectiveness of these interventions in improving the social , motor and communication deficits among children with autism .