Trial reportJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2021
Training Community Therapists to Deliver an Individualized Mental Health Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Changes in Caregiver Outcomes and Mediating Role on Child Outcomes.
Trial report in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02416323 (Effectiveness and Implementation of a Mental Health Intervention for ASD), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness and Implementation of a Mental Health Intervention for ASD
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Parental Self-Efficacy in Parents of Autistic Children.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Mental Health Interventions for ASD: Characterizing Interventions, Intervention Adaptations, and Implementation Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Pooled it
- Randomized Feasibility Pilot of an Executive Functioning Intervention Adapted for Children's Mental Health Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- 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 in AIM HI: Individual Family and Neighborhood Factors and Child/Caregiver Outcomes.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Trial
- A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emergency Service Use Among Autistic Youth.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial of two interventions for autistic and non-autistic youth in children's mental health settings: one tailored for neurodivergence and one universal.Implementation science communications · 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
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- Incorporating Community Perspectives to Inform the Scaling-Out of an Evidence-Based Executive Functioning Intervention from Schools to Community Mental Health Settings.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- Using implementation science frameworks to explore barriers and facilitators for parents' use of therapeutic strategies following a parent-mediated autism intervention.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- A Waitlist Randomized Implementation Trial of Classroom Pivotal Response Teaching for Students With Autism.Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities · 2023Article
- Mental Health Therapist Perspectives on the Role of Executive Functioning in Children's Mental Health Services.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2023Article
- Parent-Implemented Positive Behavior Support Strategies for Young Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Pilot Investigation.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2022Article
- Correction to: A Systematic Review of Mental Health Interventions for ASD: Characterizing Interventions, Intervention Adaptations, and Implementation Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Article
- Adaption and pilot implementation of an autism executive functioning intervention in children's mental health services: a mixed-methods study protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- Impact of Therapist Training on Parent Attendance in Mental Health Services for Children with ASD.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examines the impact of training therapists to deliver "An Individualized Mental Health Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)" (AIM HI) for children with autism spectrum disorder on caregiver outcomes and the mediating role of changes in caregiver outcomes on child outcomes.
methodData were drawn from a cluster randomized trial conducted in 29 publicly funded mental health programs randomized to receive AIM HI training or usual care. Therapists were recruited from enrolled programs and child/caregiver participants enrolled from therapists' caseloads. Participants included 202 caregivers of children 5 to 13 years of age with autism spectrum disorder. Caregiver strain and sense of competence were assessed at baseline and 6 month postbaseline. Child behaviors were assessed at baseline and 6, 12, and 18 months postbaseline. Therapist delivery of evidence-based intervention strategies were assessed between baseline and 6 months.
resultsA significant training effect was observed for caregiver sense of competence, with AIM HI caregivers reporting significantly greater improvement relative to usual care. There was no significant training effect for caregiver strain. Observer-rated therapist delivery of evidence-based interventions strategies over 6 months mediated training effects for sense of competence at 6 months. Changes in sense of competence from baseline to 6 months was associated with reduced child challenging behaviors at 6 months and mediated child outcomes at 12 and 18 months.
conclusionCombined with research demonstrating effectiveness of therapist AIM HI training on child outcomes, this study provides further evidence of the positive impact of training community therapists in the AIM HI intervention. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Effectiveness and Implementation of a Mental Health Intervention for ASD (AIM HI); https://clinicaltrials.gov/; NCT02416323.
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