Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting adapted to Autism (VIPP-AUTI): A randomized controlled trial

Autism. 2015 Jul;19(5):588-603. doi: 10.1177/1362361314537124. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

Abstract

In a randomized controlled trial, we evaluated the early intervention program Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting adapted to Autism (VIPP-AUTI) with 78 primary caregivers and their child (16-61 months) with Autism Spectrum Disorder. VIPP-AUTI is a brief attachment-based intervention program, focusing on improving parent-child interaction and reducing the child's individual Autism Spectrum Disorder-related symptomatology in five home visits. VIPP-AUTI, as compared with usual care, demonstrated efficacy in reducing parental intrusiveness. Moreover, parents who received VIPP-AUTI showed increased feelings of self-efficacy in child rearing. No significant group differences were found on other aspects of parent-child interaction or on child play behavior. At 3-months follow-up, intervention effects were found on child-initiated joint attention skills, not mediated by intervention effects on parenting. Implementation of VIPP-AUTI in clinical practice is facilitated by the use of a detailed manual and a relatively brief training of interveners.

Keywords: autism spectrum disorders; early intervention; joint attention; parent training; parent–child interaction; preschool children; randomized controlled trial; sensitivity; video-feedback.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Attention
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Autistic Disorder*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Female
  • Formative Feedback*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Parenting*
  • Parents / education*
  • Video Recording*