2160V - The Efficacy of Telepractice when Implementing Parent-Mediated Treatment

This session will report on parent and child outcomes after parent-mediated intervention, and compare the results for in-person vs telepractice service delivery formats. Project Skills and Knowledge of Intervention for Language Learning Success (SKILLS) is a parent mediated intervention program for parents/caregivers with an autistic child and incorporates strategies to encourage communication development. Project SKILLS is well-established program that has been providing services in-person and via telepractice for the past six years, and has served families across Texas. Children displayed an increase in language and social communication skills, regardless of service delivery format, indicating that parent-mediated intervention is not adversely impacted by telepractice. Best practices for implementing parent-mediated intervention using telepractice will also be discussed.