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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Adherence and Opportunity Frequency as Predictors of Communication Outcomes from Pivotal Response Parent Training.

Mendy Boettcher Minjarez, Grace W Gengoux, Katherine Paszek, Jennifer A Liang, Christina Mich Ardel, Antonio Y Hardan, Thomas Frazier

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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mendy Boettcher MinjarezUniversity of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, Washington, United States.
Grace W GengouxStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States. ggengoux@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6942-9513
Katherine PaszekStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Jennifer A LiangPalo Alto University, California, United States.
Christina Mich ArdelStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Antonio Y HardanStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Thomas FrazierJohn Carroll University and SUNY Upstate Medical University, OH, United States.

Funding

Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research (SCCTER)UL1UL1RR025744 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GREENBERG, HARRY BERNARD · 2008 to 2011
$22.4M
Autism Speaks 12776Autism Speaks 5773NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025744The Teresa and Charles Michael Endowed Fund for Autism Research and Education NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAccess to intervention is a barrier for children with autism. As parent-mediated interventions have emerged to address this need, understanding implementation components contributing to child gains is critically important. Existing literature documents relationships between parent treatment adherence and child progress; however, less is understood about components, such as frequency of learning opportunities, which could also affect child outcomes.

methodsThis study is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Pivotal Response Treatment group parent training (PRTG) compared to psychoeducation. Linear regression and mediational models were employed to identify potential predictors and mediators of outcome.

resultsPRTG produced large increases in adherence and learning opportunities. In general, greater frequency of learning opportunities and adherence predicted better child outcomes. The best-fitting cross-sectional mediational models indicated at least partial mediational effects, whereby increased learning opportunities mediated the relationship between greater adherence and improved child outcomes.

conclusionsThis study provides preliminary evidence of how early gains in adherence may support parents to provide more frequent learning opportunities, which, in turn, yield positive effects on child social communication. Future large-scale research, with greater granularity of measurement, is needed to further understand the temporal relationships between these variables.

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CommunicationParentsAdultChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleParent-Child RelationsTreatment OutcomeFidelity of implementationParent trainingSocial communicationTreatment adherence

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PMID38976103

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