This article examined studies published in the years January 2016 to December 2020 in order to conduct a systematic review of articles related to parent training programs or interventions conducted on parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its effect on improving child outcomes and parent outcomes in day to day life. A total of 14 articles were selected from 589 abstracts which matched the inclusion criteria. The systematic analysis showed that results of these studies were mostly inconclusive as more work needed to be done in the form of using structured parent training programs or interventions. Though the need for parent training programs or interventions have been recognized more research needs to be done in this field. Recommendations from the study are that more importance should be given to improving parental outcomes in order to improve child outcomes and this should be the focus of all pediatric as well as other professionals working with children on the spectrum

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