Teaching Parents via Online Asynchronous Training to Use Speech-Generating Devices with Their Autistic Children: A Pilot Study.

Telepractice interventions have been found to alleviate barriers families face when seeking communication interventions. This study is a multiple-baseline single-subject design that measures parent communication opportunities and parent responsiveness to determine if parent training through online modules created for parents of children with communication support needs can be effective for training parents of autistic children with communication support needs. This study replicates work by utilizing online training used as well as the same variables and definitions.

Korean Immigrant Mothers and the Journey to Autism Diagnosis and Services for Their Child in the United States.

Unlabelled: Since autism diagnosis is directly linked to the availability of supportive services, identifying best practices for early diagnosis of autism has long been a concern of professionals and families. Meanwhile, studies show persistent racial disparities in autism diagnosis. Although numerous clinical diagnostic guidelines have been published, there is not enough discussion of diagnostic procedures through the lens of culturally diverse families.

Experiences of Autistic College Students in Higher Education and Their Relations with Faculty.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the various factors that may contribute to the academic self-concept of autistic college students, including the potential influence of academic success.

Methods: A sample of autistic participants (n = 12) were interviewed regarding autistic college students' experiences. Transcripts were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach.

Self-advocate perspectives on COVID-19 in Urban Los Angeles: impacts on autonomy and access to supports.

Background: Adults with disabilities in low-income communities of colour are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: We interviewed 14 self-advocates with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to learn more about their experiences during the peak of infections, hospitalisations, and deaths in Los Angeles, between December 2020 and March 2021.

Results: A modified grounded theory analysis revealed major themes of family, making choices & going places, formal services, and employment, which are discussed in relation to the participants' sense of autonomy and access to goods and services.

The glue that keeps everybody together: Peer support in mothers of young children with special health care needs.

Background: The first years following diagnosis may be particularly challenging for parents and peer support from other parents of children with special health care needs may buffer their stress.

Methods: This qualitative interview study sought to explore the impact of early access to parental peer support and whether it leads to positive adaptation and improved family well-being.

Results: Five mothers of young children with special health care needs from peer support organizations in two northern US states participated in interviews by telephone or Zoom.

Helping Optimize Language Acquisition (HOLA) Online Parent Training Modules for Latinx Parents of Toddlers at Risk for ASD: Protocol for a Pilot Funded by the Organization for Autism Research.

Background: Culturally competent parent training in evidence-based intervention for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can provide young Latinx children from underserved communities with early interventional support while they wait for professional services, thus reducing the impact of intervention delays. Providing parents with brief bilingual training in Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) is a strategy that can overcome these barriers and is inexpensive to disseminate. Brief PRT training has been shown to significantly improve joint attention, expressive language, responsivity, and adaptive skills in young children with ASD.

Meeting families where they are: Text-based support in parent to parent programs.

Background: Social support can be an important buffer to stress to parents when their child has a disability. Parent to parent (P2P) is an evidence-based peer support program for parents of children with disabilities, where support is provided over the telephone. However, younger parents may prefer electronic communication platforms.

Parent-to-Parent support providers: How recruits are identified.

Objective: To examine selection criteria for Parent-to-Parent support parents trained to provide support to other parents of children with disabilities.

Method: Ten leaders of Parent-to-Parent programmes participated in telephone interviews to explore attributes associated with parents selected to be trained as support parents.

Results: Qualitative analysis reveals parents deemed "ready" to become support parents, build relationships, exhibit positivity, build capacities, have good communication skills and a future orientation and feel the need to give back.