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Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth

INTRODUCTION: Social differences characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities are evident in early childhood and are associated with later difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of evidence-based interventions explicitly targeting social skills devel...

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Autores principales: Factor, Reina S., Glass, Leila, Baertschi, Daliah, Laugeson, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36523874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1008485
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Glass, Leila
Baertschi, Daliah
Laugeson, Elizabeth A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Social differences characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities are evident in early childhood and are associated with later difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of evidence-based interventions explicitly targeting social skills development for young children, few actively integrate parents and caregivers, and even fewer have remote models. The importance of providing accessible, tailored services for families in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted the creation of a parent-mediated telehealth version of Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS(®)) for Preschoolers (P4P), a pre-existing, evidence-based social skills intervention for children 4–6 years focused on making and keeping friends. METHOD: This methodological paper documents the implementation, feasibility, and satisfaction of a novel telehealth group-based delivery of P4P. RESULTS: Qualitative results indicate acceptable feasibility and satisfaction. Additionally, following completion there was an increase in parental confidence in social coaching and increased use of child social skills. DISCUSSION: Future work will evaluate quantitative outcomes and comparisons between delivery methods (e.g., telehealth vs. in-person).
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spelling pubmed-97451982022-12-14 Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth Factor, Reina S. Glass, Leila Baertschi, Daliah Laugeson, Elizabeth A. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry INTRODUCTION: Social differences characteristic of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities are evident in early childhood and are associated with later difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of evidence-based interventions explicitly targeting social skills development for young children, few actively integrate parents and caregivers, and even fewer have remote models. The importance of providing accessible, tailored services for families in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted the creation of a parent-mediated telehealth version of Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS(®)) for Preschoolers (P4P), a pre-existing, evidence-based social skills intervention for children 4–6 years focused on making and keeping friends. METHOD: This methodological paper documents the implementation, feasibility, and satisfaction of a novel telehealth group-based delivery of P4P. RESULTS: Qualitative results indicate acceptable feasibility and satisfaction. Additionally, following completion there was an increase in parental confidence in social coaching and increased use of child social skills. DISCUSSION: Future work will evaluate quantitative outcomes and comparisons between delivery methods (e.g., telehealth vs. in-person). Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9745198/ /pubmed/36523874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1008485 Text en Copyright © 2022 Factor, Glass, Baertschi and Laugeson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Factor, Reina S.
Glass, Leila
Baertschi, Daliah
Laugeson, Elizabeth A.
Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title_full Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title_fullStr Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title_full_unstemmed Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title_short Remote PEERS(®) for preschoolers: A pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
title_sort remote peers(®) for preschoolers: a pilot parent-mediated social skills intervention for young children with social challenges over telehealth
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36523874
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1008485
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