Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of an Autism Parent Mediated Intervention for Spanish Speaking Latinos

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA. ana.c.ramirez01@utrgv.edu.
² Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Writing & Language Studies, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Human Development and School Services (HDSS), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA.
⁶ United Ways of South Texas, McAllen, USA.

Ana C Ramirez et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 20.

doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06921-w. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA. ana.c.ramirez01@utrgv.edu.
² Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX, 78539, USA.
³ Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Writing & Language Studies, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Human Development and School Services (HDSS), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA.
⁶ United Ways of South Texas, McAllen, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Autism; Caregiver skills program; Cultural adaptation; Latino; Low-resource setting; Parent-mediated interventions; WHO-CST.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of Interest: The authors do not have any conflict of interest to declare.

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