Evaluation of The Efficacy of a Seven Week Public School Curriculum Based DIR/Floortime Parent Training Program for Parents of Children on The Autism Spectrum [article]

(:Unkn) Unknown, University, My, William Fullard
2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a seven week DIR/Floortime parent training on (1) the quality of the parent-child dyad and (2) the child's developmental level. The results of this study provide support for the notion that short term parent training significantly increases the quality of the parent/child interaction and also significantly increases the developmental level of the child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. These significant results were evidenced on the
more » ... first two levels and the total scores on both the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale - Child (FEAS) and the Neuro-Developmental Disorders of Relating and Communication Functional Emotional Developmental Levels (NDRC-FEDL).
doi:10.34944/dspace/3703 fatcat:4gkn6plpprhnvg2j57ifkhsiuy