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Randomized controlled trial of parental responsiveness intervention for toddlers at high risk for autism . This study tested the effects of a parent-mediated intervention on parental responsiveness with their toddlers at high risk for an autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) . Participants included caregivers and their 66 toddlers at high risk for ASD . Caregivers were randomized to 12 sessions of an individualized parent education intervention aimed at improving parental responsiveness or to a monitoring control group involving 4 sessions of behavioral support . Parental responsiveness and child outcomes were measured at three time points : at beginning and end of the 3-month treatment and at 12-months post-study entry . Parental responsiveness improved significantly in the treatment group but not the control group . However , parental responsiveness was not fully maintained at follow up . There were no treatment effects on child outcomes of joint attention or language . Children in both groups made significant developmental gains in cognition and language skills over one year . These results support parental responsiveness as an important intervention target given its general association with child outcomes in the extant literature ; however , additional supports are likely needed to fully maintain the treatment effect and to affect child outcomes .
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Intervention_Educational
parental responsiveness intervention
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Intervention_Educational
parent-mediated intervention on parental responsiveness
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Intervention_Educational
individualized parent education intervention
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Intervention_Educational
Parental responsiveness
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Intervention_Educational
Parental responsiveness
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Intervention_Educational
parental responsiveness
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Outcome_Mental
Parental responsiveness and child outcomes
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Outcome_Mental
Parental responsiveness
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Outcome_Mental
parental responsiveness
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Outcome_Other
child outcomes
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Outcome_Mental
joint attention or language
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Outcome_Physical
cognition and language skills
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Participant_Age
toddlers
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Participant_Condition
high risk for autism
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Participant_Age
toddlers
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Participant_Condition
high risk for an autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) .
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Participant_Sample-size
66 toddlers
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Participant_Condition
ASD