Caregivers trained via workshops and coaching acquire language facilitation strategies and maintain most of them at follow-up¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? At post-intervention, trained caregivers used significantly more target-level language (p < 0.001), matched turns (p = 0.004), expansions (p < 0.001), and correct prompting strategies (p = 0.003). → Hampton et al. 2020 q3 i? At follow-up, trained caregivers maintained significantly more target-level language, expansions, and time delay strategies (p < 0.05). → Hampton et al. 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Hampton et al. 2020¶

Lauren H Hampton, Ann P Kaiser and Elizabeth A Fuller. (2020). Multi-component communication intervention for children with autism: A randomized controlled trial. Autism, 24(8), 2104–2116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320934558

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Caregiver strategy use coded from 10-min caregiver–child interactions at each assessment point in the RCT, by coders blind to assignment. Table 3 reports, for example, target-level language rising from 10% to 28% in the intervention group versus 7% in control at posttest.

"Caregivers trained in the intervention group at post-intervention used significantly more target-level language (p < 0.001), matched turns (p = 0.004), expansions (p < 0.001), and correct prompting strategies (p = 0.003)."

Hampton et al. 2020 (2)¶

Lauren H Hampton, Ann P Kaiser and Elizabeth A Fuller. (2020). Multi-component communication intervention for children with autism: A randomized controlled trial. Autism, 24(8), 2104–2116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320934558

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Follow-up caregiver outcomes from the same RCT. The discussion notes matched-turn responsiveness declined slightly and milieu prompting decreased markedly from intervention levels, suggesting booster training may be needed.

"At follow-up, trained caregivers used significantly more target-level language, expansions, and time delay strategies (p < 0.05; Table 2)."

Discussion¶

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