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Telecoaching Intervention for Children With Autism and Their Parents in Palestine

Sponsor: Arab American University (Palestine)

Summary

In Palestine, children with autism spectrum disorder and their parents face difficulties in receiving needed early intervention and rehabilitation services due to a lack of specialized professionals and centers, as well as cultural, political, geographical, and financial barriers. Parents also face difficulties in raising their children with autism in their homes as they lack knowledge about the disorder and the best interventions that can be used to help these children. Parent telecoaching intervention, or what is called (distance coaching via technology) can help parents and their children with autism. However, no research exists studying the possibility of using this intervention with parents and their children in Palestine and if it can have positive results on both parents and children. The goal of this trial is to learn if parent telecoaching intervention is feasible and acceptable to parents of children with autism in Palestine. It will also learn if this intervention has the potential to improve children's skills and increase parent's self-competency and quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are: * To what extent and in what ways is providing telecoaching intervention for parents of children with Autism in Palestine possible? * How do parents see telecoaching intervention in terms of suitability, benefits, facilitators, and barriers? * Does telecoaching intervention for parents have the potential to increase children's participation in daily activities that parents consider important? * Does telecoaching intervention have the potential to enhance parents' self-competence and family quality of life? Researchers will compare parent telecoaching intervention to a web-based resource designed to provide parents with general information about autism to see if parent telecoaching intervention works to help children with autism and their parents more than the free autism resources provided on the website. Participants will: * Take a telecoaching intervention (eight sessions over eight weeks, each session lasts one hour) or use the information provided on the website about autism. * Apply the planned strategies with their children during the week and record their work using videos or by filling out a form to be reviewed at the beginning of each session.

Official title: Investigating the Potential Efficacy, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Parent Telecoaching Intervention on Children With Autism and Their Parents in Palestine: A Mixed-Method Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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