Lanovaz Marc J, Rapp John T, Maciw Isabella, Dorion Catherine, Prégent-Pelletier Émilie
a École de Psychoéducation, Université de Montréal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada and.
b Department of Psychology , Auburn University , Auburn , AL , USA.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2016 Jun;19(3):193-6. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2014.986821. Epub 2014 Dec 30.
The purpose of our study was to replicate and extend previous research on using multicomponent behavioural interventions designed to reduce engagement in stereotypy by examining their effects when implemented by parents over several months.
We used an alternating treatment design to examine the effects of the parent-implemented interventions on engagement in stereotypy and appropriate behaviour in three children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
The parent-implemented multicomponent treatments reduced vocal stereotypy in all three participants and increased engagement in appropriate behaviour in two participants. These effects persisted up to 24 weeks following the parent training sessions.
Altogether, our preliminary results support (a) the involvement of parents as behaviour change agents to reduce engagement in stereotypy and (b) the scheduling of regular, but infrequent (i.e. weekly to monthly), follow-up meetings to monitor the effects of behavioural interventions in outpatient and home-based service delivery models.
我们研究的目的是通过考察父母在几个月内实施的多成分行为干预措施对减少刻板行为的影响，来重复和扩展先前关于使用此类干预措施的研究。
我们采用交替治疗设计，以检验父母实施的干预措施对三名患有自闭症和其他发育障碍儿童的刻板行为及恰当行为的影响。
父母实施的多成分治疗减少了所有三名参与者的发声刻板行为，并增加了两名参与者的恰当行为参与度。这些效果在父母培训课程结束后持续了24周。
总体而言，我们的初步结果支持：（a）父母作为行为改变推动者参与减少刻板行为；（b）安排定期但不频繁（即每周至每月一次）的随访会议，以监测门诊和家庭服务提供模式中行为干预的效果。
