The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the initial efficacy of a multi-dimensional coaching intervention ("Parentship") for parents of adolescents with High Functioning Autism (HFASD). The "Parentship" protocol is a short-term intervention program in occupational therapy that aims to promote parental resilience and enhance adolescents' participation in daily life.
"Parentship" is a structured occupational therapy intervention for promoting parental resilience and enhance adolescents' participation in daily life The Parentship protocol uses OPC (Graham \& Rodger, 2010) as the primary treatment approach. Its primary goal is to lead parents into recognition and understanding of their adolescent's multi-dimensional personal profile that includes sensorimotor, cognitive-behavioral, and social-communicative and personal factors, as required by the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) model (WHO, 2007). The intervention will be administered by occupational therapists on an individual (or both parents) basis, once a week, over 3-4 months. 10-15 families will be recruited through community advertising. Data will be collected at the onset and completion of the intervention. Data will be analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods. Adverse events, if occur, will be reported to supervising neurologist and the Helsinki Committee.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
"Parentship" is a multi dimensional intervention program to improve parental resilience and adolescent participation using the OPC model.
Hadassah medical organization, Jerusalem Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
structured interview administered by occupational therapist
Time frame: 3-4 months
Autism: Parenting Questionnaire (APQ)
7 dimensions (Knowledge About Autism, Communication, Play, Behaviour Management, Confidence, Stress Management, and Family Functioning) are the focus of this questionnaire that serves as a basis for intervention with parents
Time frame: 3-4 months
Clinical Assessment of Therapeutic Responses (CATR)
a questionnaire that monitors the abilities of the therapist to create an optimal parent-therapist relationship
Time frame: 1.5 months and 3 months
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