Parental perceptions of supplemental interventions received by young children with autism in intensive behavior analytic treatment
✍ Scribed by Tristram Smith; Michelle Antolovich
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-0847
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✦ Synopsis
Parents of children with autism in applied behavior analytic treatment were surveyed on their use and perceptions of supplemental treatments. In study 1, respondents (N 121) reported enrolling their children in an average of seven supplemental interventions, most commonly non-behavioranalytic speech therapies (85%), megavitamins (61%), Sensory Integration Therapy (56%), and elimination diets (50%). In study 2, parents (N 24) were interviewed about these four interventions and typically reported little or no bene®t. Factors that parents cited as in¯uencing their decision to obtain supplemental interventions for their children varied substantially, depending on the individual intervention. Because of the extensive use of unvalidated interventions that parents deemed unhelpful, it seems important to reduce children's participation in such interventions. However, because of the diverse in¯uences on parents' decisions to obtain the interventions, a multifaceted strategy may be needed.