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Trial reportJornal de pediatria

The effectiveness of early parental coaching in the autism spectrum disorder.

Edilici R S Malucelli, Sérgio Antônio Antoniuk, Nicole Oliveira Carvalho

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Jornal de pediatria. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edilici R S MalucelliUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital das Clínicas, Centro de Neurologia Pediátrica (CHC-UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: edilici@espacocomunicar.com.br.
Sérgio Antônio AntoniukUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital das Clínicas, Centro de Neurologia Pediátrica (CHC-UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Nicole Oliveira CarvalhoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Hospital de Clínicas Universidade Federal do Paraná · BRUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAnalysis of the effectiveness of early Parental Coaching in the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

methodRandomized, controlled and blinded clinical trial to analyze parent-child interaction videos.

resultsThe sample consisted of 18 children being followed up at the Autism Outpatient Clinic of a Neuropediatric Center in southern Brazil diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, between 29 and 42 months of age, randomly allocated to two groups: the Study Group (SG; n=9), which received Parental Coaching performed by a professional certified by the Early Start Denver Model; and the Control Group (CG; n=9), which was in a routine follow-up, without treatment and training of parents by a trained professional. The parents of the SG were willing to attend weekly meetings and to apply the instructional techniques at home with their children. It took 12 weeks and an average of 2h per meeting.

conclusionsThe learning rate for comprehensive development skills in the Early Start Denver Model checklist, such as receptive communication, expressive communication, social capacity, imitation, cognition, games, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, behavior, and personal independence was significantly higher in the SG, as well as the strategies and the quality of interaction between parents and children. Thus, Parental Coaching presents as a possibility of early intervention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderMentoringBrazilEarly Intervention, EducationalHumansParentsAutism spectrum disorderEarly interventionESDMParents

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PMID33069667
PMCPMC9432305
OpenAlexW3093071443

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