title: Parent Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What's in a Name?
abstract: Parent training (PT) is well understood as an evidence-based treatment for typically developing children with disruptive behavior. Within the field of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the term parent training has been used to describe a wide range of interventions including care coordination, psychoeducation, treatments for language or social development, as well as programs designed to address maladaptive behaviors. As a result, the meaning of "parent training" in ASD is profoundly uncertain. This paper describes the need to delineate the variants of PT in ASD and offers a coherent taxonomy. Uniform characterization of PT programs can facilitate communication with families, professionals, administrators, and third-party payers. Moreover, it may also serve as a framework for comparing and contrasting PT programs. In support of the taxonomy, a purposive sampling of the literature is presented to illustrate the range of parent training interventions in ASD.
authors.affiliation: Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, 1920 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA, karen.bearss@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bearss
authors.forename: T Lindsey
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scahill
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D000066553:Problem Behavior; D066107:Social Skills; D009626:Terminology as Topic