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dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorCaceres, Antonia San Jose
dc.contributor.authorTarver, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorHowlin, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorSlonims, Vicky
dc.contributor.authorPellicano, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorCharman, Tony
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-08T23:50:08Z
dc.date.available2019-09-08T23:50:08Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn1362-3613
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1362361319851422
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/387021
dc.description.abstractThe EarlyBird programme is a group-based psychoeducation intervention for parents of young children with autism. Although it is widely used in the United Kingdom, the evidence base for the programme is very limited. Using a mixed method, non-randomised research design, we aimed to test (1) the acceptability of the research procedures (recruitment, retention, suitability of measures), (2) the parental acceptability of EarlyBird (attendance, views of the programme, perceived changes) and (3) the facilitator acceptability of EarlyBird (fidelity, views of the programme, perceived changes). Seventeen families with a 2- to 5-year-old autistic child and 10 EarlyBird facilitators took part. Pre- and post-intervention assessment included measures of the child’s autism characteristics, cognitive ability, adaptive behaviour, emotional and behavioural problems and parent-reported autism knowledge, parenting competence, stress and wellbeing. Semi-structured interviews were completed at post-intervention with parents and facilitators. For those involved in the study, the research procedures were generally acceptable, retention rates were high and the research protocol was administered as planned. Generally, positive views of the intervention were expressed by parents and facilitators. Although the uncontrolled, within-participant design does not allow us to test for efficacy, change in several outcome measures from pre- to post-intervention was in the expected direction. Difficulties were encountered with recruitment (opt-in to the groups was ~56% and opt-in to the research was 63%), and strategies to enhance recruitment need to be built into any future trial. These findings should be used to inform protocols for pragmatic, controlled trials of EarlyBird and other group-based interventions for parents with young autistic children.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAutism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsEarlyBird
dc.subject.keywordsautism
dc.subject.keywordsfeasibility
dc.subject.keywordsintervention
dc.subject.keywordspsychoeducation
dc.titleFeasibility study of the National Autistic Society EarlyBird parent support programme
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPalmer, M; San José Cáceres, A; Tarver, J; Howlin, P; Slonims, V; Pellicano, E; Charman, T, Feasibility study of the National Autistic Society EarlyBird parent support programme., Autism, 2019
dc.date.updated2019-09-08T23:29:31Z
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gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyrightPalmer et. al, Feasibility study of the National Autistic Society EarlyBird parent support programme, Autism, 2019. Copyright 2019 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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gro.griffith.authorHowlin, Patricia


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