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Kasey E. Bedard; Annette K. Griffith; Delyla Ulm; Mary Strittman; Kelly Krukowski; Angeline Eaton; Amanda Rone; Teresa Cardon – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
PWS Smart-Start is a behavioral caregiver training program developed specifically for caregivers of children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) ages 3 to 14. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the program. Thirty-four caregivers of children with PWS received the PWS Smart-Start training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Early Adolescents, Genetic Disorders, Program Effectiveness
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Lee, James D.; Meadan, Hedda; Xia, Yan – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2022
Challenging behavior exhibited by young children with neurodevelopmental disabilities is known to negatively affect their optimal development and families' quality of life. Although some support exists for English-speaking parents of children with autism who live in high-resource countries, it is scarce for others. Such disparity may also be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Young Children, Developmental Disabilities
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Minjarez, Mendy Boettcher; Mercier, Emma M.; Williams, Sharon E.; Hardan, Antonio Y. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Parents of children with autism are increasingly being considered as primary agents of intervention for their children. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether participating in a pivotal response training (PRT) group therapy program for parents of children with autism influenced related aspects of parents' lives, namely, their levels of…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Responses