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  • Translating research into practice in low-resource settings: An Australian case study of early autism service provision in a regional town

    Author(s)
    Iacono, Teresa
    Dissanayake, Cheryl
    Hudry, Kristelle
    Trembath, David
    Erickson, Shane
    Spong, Jo
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Trembath, David
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Background: We investigated the context for translating evidence-based early intervention for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into real world settings through a case study of a regional town characterised as disadvantaged. Methods: Data were from interview surveys of five managers reporting on 15 services, and surveys from 19 practitioners and 15 mothers of young children with ASD. Results: The 15 services were multidisciplinary, offering diagnostic assessments (n = 2) and interventions delivered in the home and centres. Children were diagnosed at a mean age of 3 years; access to intervention was delayed and mostly limited ...
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    Background: We investigated the context for translating evidence-based early intervention for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into real world settings through a case study of a regional town characterised as disadvantaged. Methods: Data were from interview surveys of five managers reporting on 15 services, and surveys from 19 practitioners and 15 mothers of young children with ASD. Results: The 15 services were multidisciplinary, offering diagnostic assessments (n = 2) and interventions delivered in the home and centres. Children were diagnosed at a mean age of 3 years; access to intervention was delayed and mostly limited to one session every two weeks. Some families travelled substantial distances to services, driving on average 50 minutes each way. Practitioners described intervention strategies in broad terms, rather than name interventions. Conclusions: Services available to young children with ASD in this town were far removed from good practice in terms of early diagnosis, and intervention frequency and intensity.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2017.1310819
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Social Work not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Social Work
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/344970
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