Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to conduct an evidence-based systematic
review (EBSR) of peer-reviewed articles from the last 30 years about the effect of different …

Great strides have been made in the development of skills and procedures to aid children
with developmental disabilities to establish maximum independence and quality of life …

The term family-centered early intervention refers to both a philosophy of care and a set of
practices. Both have been used to guide research, training, and service delivery for well over …

Purpose This study compared the language performance of young children with
developmental delays who were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 parent-coached language …

This study investigates the effectiveness of relationship-focused intervention on the social
and emotional well-being of children with autism spectrum disorders. Relationship-focused …

Teaching parents new skills to support the development of their young children with
developmental disabilities has been controversial in the field of early intervention even …

Joint attention, a foundational nonverbal social-communicative milestone that fails to
develop naturally in autism, was promoted for three toddlers with early-identified autism …

Background: Evidence of improved outcomes with early behavioural intervention has placed
the early treatment of autism as a health priority. However, long waiting lists for treatment …

Parent training has been shown to be a very effective method for promoting generalization
and maintenance of skills in children with autism. However, despite its well-established …

Objective: The principal goal of this study was to investigate the relationships between
maternal contributions (eg, involvement, self-efficacy, linguistic input) and receptive and …