Smart Start: a feasible intervention for young children with disabilities and trauma. Issue 3 (27th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dickinson, Sarah; Agazzi, Heather; Shaffer-Hudkins, Emily; Ferron, John
• Is Part Of: Journal of public child welfare. Volume 16:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 402
• Page End: 426
• Publication Date: 2022-05-27
• Subjects: Child Maltreatment -- child Welfare -- evidence-Based Practices; Child welfare -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.70973
• DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2021.1896625
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-8732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to contribute information to service delivery gaps within the intervention literature related to the expense and inaccessibility of evidence-informed interventions for children with disabilities who have experienced maltreatment. A non-concurrent multiple baseline method was used to determine a relationship between the intervention and children's challenging behaviors for five caregiver-child dyads. Results from visual analysis, masked visual analysis, and hierarchical linear modeling supported a statistically and clinically significant relationship between Smart Start and improved caregiver ratings of children's challenging behaviors. The intervention was implemented with good fidelity, and all caregivers found Smart Start acceptable.