Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example

Matthew J. O’Brien; Kelly M. Schieltz; Wendy K. Berg; Jennifer J. McComas; David P. Wacker

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Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example

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Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example

Matthew J. O’Brien, Kelly M. Schieltz, Wendy K. Berg, Jennifer J. McComas and David P. Wacker

Research and practice for persons with severe disabilities, Vol.46(1), pp.53-60

03/2021

DOI: 10.1177/1540796920980452

PMCID: PMC10443946

PMID: 37609517

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In this article, we provide a case example of how telehealth can be used by care providers in their homes to access empirically validated procedures such as functional communication training. As shown in the case example, complex assessment and intervention procedures were implemented successfully by care providers in their homes while receiving real-time coaching by behavior analysts who were located in a hospital in a different city. This case example is representative of the results we obtained thus far; substantial improvements in challenging and adaptive behavior occurred. Given these results obtained to date with telehealth, in terms of both outcomes of interventions and rated acceptability of the procedures by care providers, further and more widespread application of telehealth is warranted.

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Title: Subtitle: Delivering Interventions Via Telehealth: Functional Communication Training with a Child with Autism as a Case Example
Creators: Matthew J. O’Brien - University of Iowa
Kelly M. Schieltz - University of Iowa
Wendy K. Berg - University of Iowa
Jennifer J. McComas - University of Minnesota
David P. Wacker - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Research and practice for persons with severe disabilities, Vol.46(1), pp.53-60
DOI: 10.1177/1540796920980452
PMID: 37609517
PMCID: PMC10443946
NLM abbreviation: Res Pract Persons Severe Disabl
ISSN: 1540-7969
eISSN: 2169-2408
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: R01MH104363
Language: English
Date published: 03/2021
Academic Unit: Pediatric Psychology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984354050902771

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