This study describes the development and evaluation of a behavioral parent training protocol via telecommunication for three parents of preschool children with autism, with limited access to behavioral expertise. A single-subject, multiple baseline experimental design across child behaviors, replicated across parents, was used to evaluate the effects of the training protocol. Dependent measures were collected via telecommunication for most assessments and included parent and child responses during naturalistic play. During intervention, the parents were taught methods to increase their child’s sociocommunicative behavior. All targeted skills increased during intervention. The increase was maintained with two families and some generalization to other settings occurred. The results indicate that training via telecommunication is a viable approach for rural families with low speed Internet connection. Continued development and refinement of telehealth training methods is discussed in context of technological challenges and procedures that fit telecoaching for rural families.

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通过电信为冰岛农村自闭症儿童扩展看护人培训

本研究描述了通过电信为三位学龄前自闭症儿童家长制定和评估行为家长培训协议，他们无法获得行为专业知识。使用跨父母复制的跨儿童行为的单受试者、多基线实验设计来评估训练方案的效果。大多数评估的相关测量是通过电信收集的，包括自然游戏期间父母和孩子的反应。在干预期间，父母被教导如何增加孩子的社会交际行为。在干预期间，所有目标技能都增加了。有两个家庭保持了增长，并且出现了对其他环境的一些概括。结果表明，对于互联网连接速度较慢的农村家庭，通过电信进行培训是一种可行的方法。在适合农村家庭远程辅导的技术挑战和程序的背景下，讨论了远程医疗培训方法的持续发展和改进。