ArticleJournal of child and family studies2012
Parent Perspectives on Community Mental Health Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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- Identifying autistic children: Priorities for research arising from a systematic review of parents' experiences of the assessment process.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review: United States Workforce for Autism-Related Child Healthcare Services.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- "My child before and now": parental perceptions of changes in functioning following participation in the global integration method (Método de Integração Global) in children with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Multilevel Implementation Strategies for Autism Interventions: Outcomes of Two Linked Implementation Trials.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Parent-Led Cognitive Behavioral Teletherapy for Anxiety in Autistic Youth: A Randomized Trial Comparing Two Levels of Therapist Support.Behavior therapy · 2024Trial
- The effectiveness of training community mental health therapists in an evidence-based intervention for ASD: Findings from a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial in outpatient and school-based mental health services.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Trial
- Training Community Therapists to Deliver an Individualized Mental Health Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Changes in Caregiver Outcomes and Mediating Role on Child Outcomes.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of Training Therapists to Deliver An Individualized Mental Health Intervention for Children With ASD in Publicly Funded Mental Health Services: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Caregiver-Teacher Concordance of Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Served in Community Mental Health Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2017Trial
- Validation of the safety, empathy and utility of a large language model conversation agent for parents of autistic and neurodivergent children.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Medicaid Expansion and Medication Use Among U.S. Children with ASD or ADHD: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis Comparing Before and During the COVID-19 Periods.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- "He Just Wants Someone to Hear Him and Listen to Him": Barriers and Facilitators to Autistic Youth with Anxiety Receiving Quality Mental Healthcare.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Navigating fragmented and contingent support: A qualitative study of British Armed Forces families raising neurodivergent children.PloS one · 2026Article
- Hybrid Telehealth Adaptation of COMPASS for Hope: Parent-Mediated Outcomes in Autism.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Systematic review: the impact of policy levers on mental health service utilization and access for Autistic children.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Review
- Improving Emergency Department Care for Suicidality in Autism: Perspectives from Autistic Youth, Caregivers, and Clinicians.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Perceived Needs and Barriers in Raising a Child with ASD and Accessing Early Interventions in Qatar: Parents' Voices.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- "Education would be step number one": Community mental health clinicians' training and support needs to treat anxiety in autistic youth.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2024Article
- Utility of the Language Use Inventory in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood of Autism.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
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Abstract
The community mental health (CMH) system provides treatment for behavioral and psychiatric problems in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Although parent stakeholder perspectives are important to improving care, these perspectives have not been systematically examined for this population in the CMH sector. Twenty-one semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with parents of children with ASD who received services in CMH clinics. Themes related to child clinical histories, service access and experiences with the CMH system revealed a specific trajectory of service need identification, obtaining a diagnosis, and experience with services. Each trajectory stage was marked by high parent stress. Results provide information about the characteristics of children with ASD served in community mental health clinics and direction for targeted improvement efforts.
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