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Parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
  • Ian Grey, Zayed University
  • Barry Coughlan, Trinity College Dublin
  • Helena Lydon, National University of Ireland Galway
  • Olive Healy, Trinity College Dublin
  • Justin Thomas, Zayed University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2019
Abstract

© The Author(s) 2017. Research related to parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) remains limited. A 35-item questionnaire called the parental satisfaction scale–EIBI (PSS-EIBI) was developed with four subdomains (child outcomes, family outcomes, quality of the model, and relationship with the team). Study 1 assessed levels of satisfaction for 48 parents with their child’s EIBI program after approximately 1 year of intervention. Study 2 examined the relationship between parental satisfaction, length of child participation in EIBI, and the relationship between parental satisfaction and actual outcomes for their child as assessed by the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program after approximately 2 years. Results indicate that parental satisfaction with EIBI was consistently high in all four domains of the PSS-EIBI in both studies. Parental satisfaction was found to be associated with gains in child functioning after 1 year of intervention.

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Disciplines
Keywords
  • disability,
  • early intensive behavioral intervention,
  • parental satisfaction
Scopus ID
85071896452
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629517742813
Citation Information
Ian Grey, Barry Coughlan, Helena Lydon, Olive Healy, et al.. "Parental satisfaction with early intensive behavioral intervention" Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Vol. 23 Iss. 3 (2019) p. 373 - 384 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1744-6295" target="_blank">1744-6295</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/justin-thomas28211/69/