Parent-Implemented Interventions for Young Children With Disabilities

Abstract

The purpose of this review was to analyze fidelity features in parent-implemented interventions for young children with disabilities. The authors conducted a review of 24 studies published in nine peer-reviewed journals. Each identified article was scored on the following categories: the participant characteristics, settings, study design, independent variables, measurement of implementation and intervention fidelity, parent training components, dependent variables, social validity, overall outcomes, and study rigor. The results indicated that, although all studies described parent training components, few reported implementation fidelity. Across the studies trainers were most likely to use performance-based feedback and modeling to support parent implementation of the intervention. Although 20 studies used single-case design methodologies, only 2 studies met contemporary single-case research design standards. The authors provide an analysis of implications for future research related to supporting high-fidelity implementation of parent-implemented interventions.

Handbook of Early Childhood Special Education

“…Within parentimplemented interventions, it is important to examine the systematic procedures to teach/ coach the parent, the parents' use of intervention strategies, and child outcomes. Within that triadic framework, it is also critical to explore fi delity at the level of the interventionist and parent (Barton & Fettig, 2013 ;Lieberman-Betz, 2015 ). The extent of child outcomes is dependent on parents using tailored intervention strategies at a frequency that supports multiple learning opportunities, which is fi rst dependent on the process used to teach the parents.…”

Intervention in Autism: Social Engagement Implemented by Caregivers

“…According to Barton and Fettig (2013), the analysis of the effectiveness of an intervention mediated by caregivers includes, in addition to the results documented for the child, the analysis of factors that affect these results, such as the fidelity of the parents in the use of the strategies and the procedures used by the researcher to ensure parental fidelity (fidelity implementation). From this background, the present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention with caregivers to promote social engagement in their children with autism.…”

Delivering The Parent-Implemented Communication Strategies (pics) Intervention Using Distance Training And Coaching With A Father And His Child Who Is Hard Of Hearing

“…The single-case design studies (Craig-Unkefer & Kaiser, 2002;Hester et al, 1996;Ingersoll et al, 2005;Mobayed et al, 2000;Peterson et al, 2005;Woods et al, 2004) will be examined using Horner et al's (2005) case studies' methodology (e.g., manipulation of IV and DV repeatedly measured) will be examined through the WWC SCRD standards (Kratochwill et al, 2010). The group comparison studies (Kaiser & Roberts, 2013;Kouri, 2005) will be examined using the methods described in Barton and Fettig (2013).…”

“…According to Kaiser and Roberts (2012) Finally, Barton and Fettig (2013) also evaluated the study quality of group studies involving parent implementation. They set the following standards based on a set of quality indicators in Gersten, Fuchs, Coyne, Greenwood, and Innocenti (2005) and (i) attrition is reported and is lower than 30%" (Barton & Fettig,p.…”

“…The purpose of this review is to explore the varying types of interventions being implemented and the procedures for delivering those interventions, including (a) how researchers defined participants, settings, IV, and DV (Horner et al, 2005); (b) assessments of generalization, maintenance, and the social validity of interventions (Horner et al, 2005;Schwartz & Baer, 1991;Wolf, 1978); and (c) the ways in which researchers ensure rigorous research design (Barton & Fettig, 2013;Kratochwill et al, 2010). Table 2).…”