Providing a parent-administered outcome measure in a bilingual family of a father and a mother of two adolescents with ASD: brief report. (17th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: del Hoyo Soriano, Laura; Bullard, Lauren; Thurman, Angela John; Alvarez, Cesar Hoyos; Abbeduto, Leonard
• Is Part Of: Developmental neurorehabilitation. Volume 25:Number 2(2022)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 144
• Publication Date: 2022-02-17
• Subjects: ASD -- expressive language -- telehealth -- parent training -- spanish; Children with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Developmentally disabled children -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; 615.542
• DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2021.1942281
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8423

Abstract

ABSTRACT: There is a need for psychometrically sound outcome measures for treatment studies that have a low burden for families and that are available in multiple languages. We have developed a language assessment in English and Spanish that parents can administer to their children at home via telehealth-delivered procedures. The current case study presents descriptive data on a single family of two parent-child dyads. Both the mother and father from a single family were trained in their primary language (Spanish) on how to administer the Expressive Language Sampling – Narration (ELS-N) in their secondary language (English) to their two English-speaking monolingual sons with ASD through telehealth-delivered procedures. Both parents learned to administer the procedures to a predetermined level of fidelity. Extension to a larger sample of bilingual families is needed for this home-based, parent-administered test; however, the present results suggest feasibility even when the language of training and administration differ.