Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Nov;51(11):3970-3988.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04856-y. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

Using Prevent Teach Reinforce for Young Children to Manage Challenging Behaviors in Public Specialized Early Intervention Services for Autism

Mélina Rivard  1 , Catherine Mello  2 , Zakaria Mestari  3 , Amélie Terroux  3 , Diane Morin  3 , Jacques Forget  3 , Christine Lefebvre  3 , Malena Argumedes  4
Affiliations

Using Prevent Teach Reinforce for Young Children to Manage Challenging Behaviors in Public Specialized Early Intervention Services for Autism

Mélina Rivard et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

This proof-of-concept study assessed the feasibility of implementing Prevent-Teach-Reinforce-for-Young-Children (PTR-YC) program to address challenging behaviors in children with autism within the context of public, specialized early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) services offered in community settings. Following a 2-day training and with brief weekly supervision meetings, children's EIBI educators acted as facilitators in 35 families' home environments. Small and moderate effect sizes were observed for children's behavioral outcomes and parenting stress. Recruitment and retention rates, implementation fidelity, as well as treatment acceptability from the perspective of participating parents and the organization attested to the feasibility and relevance of implementing and evaluating this program on a larger scale as part of a multi-center randomized controlled trial.

Keywords: Autism; Challenging behaviors; Early intervention; Positive behavior support.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Abidin, R. R. (2012). Parenting stress index, (PSI-4). Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.
    1. Aman, M. G., Tassé, M. J., Rojahn, J., & Hammer, D. (1996). The Nisonger CBRF: A child behavior rating form for children with developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 17, 41–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/0891-4222(95)00039-9 . - DOI - PubMed
    1. Argumedes, M., Lanovaz, M., & Larivée, S. (2018). Brief report: Impact of challenging behavior on parenting stress in mothers and fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(3), 2585–2589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3513-1 . - DOI - PubMed
    1. Bailey, K. M., & Blair, K. S. C. (2015). Feasibility and potential efficacy of the family-centered prevent-teach-reinforce model with families of children with developmental disorders. Research in developmental disabilities, 47, 218–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.019 . - DOI - PubMed
    1. Bailey, T., Totsika, V., Hastings, R. P., Hatton, C., & Emerson, E. (2019). Developmental trajectories of behaviour problems and prosocial behaviours of children with intellectual disabilities in a population-based cohort. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 1210–1218. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13080 . - DOI - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources