Using Telehealth-Delivered Procedures to Collect a Parent-Implemented Expressive Language Sampling Narrative Task in Monolingual and Bilingual Families With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study

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作者
Soriano, Laura del Hoyo [1 ]
Bullard, Lauren [1 ]
Alvarez, Cesar Hoyos [1 ,2 ]
Thurman, Angela John [1 ]
Abbeduto, Leonard [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Sacramento, MIND Inst, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Sacramento, CA 95819 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Spanish & Portuguese, Davis, CA USA
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基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
ASD; expressive language sampling; telehealth; bilingualism; parent-implemented; DISABILITIES MONITORING NETWORK; FRAGILE-X-SYNDROME; AGED; 8; YEARS; UNITED-STATES; 11; SITES; CHILDREN; VOCABULARY; ANXIETY; PREVALENCE; PROFILES;
D O I
10.3389/fresc.2021.716550
中图分类号
R49 [康复医学];
学科分类号
100215 ;
摘要
Language impairments are frequent, severe, and of prognostic value in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Unfortunately, the evaluation of the efficacy of treatments targeting the language skills of those with ASD continues to be hindered by a lack of psychometrically sound outcome measures. Expressive Language Sampling (ELS) procedures offer a promising alternative to norm-referenced standardized tests for assessing expressive language in treatment studies. Until now, however, research on the validity and utility of ELS as outcome measures has been limited to administrations by a trained professional in a clinic setting and to use with English-speaking families. These limitations are a barrier for many families accessing the benefits of participation in treatment studies. The current study examines the feasibility of teaching native English-speaking parents (NESP) and native Spanish-speaking parents (NSSP) how to administer the ELS narrative task (ELS-N) to their sons and daughters with ASD (between ages 6 and 21) at home through telehealth-delivered procedures. The parent training was provided in the primary language of the participating parent (i.e., 11 NSSP and 11 NESP) and administered by the parent to the youth in the language that the parent reported to use to communicate with the youth at home (i.e., 9 Spanish and 13 English). Families were able to choose between using their own technology or be provided with the technology needed for participation. Of the 19 parents who completed the training, 16 learned to administer the ELS-N procedures. In addition, strong test-retest reliability and no practice effects over the 4-week interval were observed for ELS-N derived youth outcome measures (i.e., talkativeness, vocabulary, syntax, dysfluency, and intelligibility) for both NSSP and NESP. Results from this pilot study suggest that the home-based parent-implemented ELS-N procedures can be learned and administered at acceptable levels of fidelity by parents, with good test-retest reliability and limited practice effects observed in terms of outcome measures for youth with ASD. Implications for treatment studies and future directions are discussed.
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