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Exploring Telehealth ABA Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children with Autism
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Abstract
Given the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused the regular in-person Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy to be disrupted, there is a growing interest among researchers in investigating the application of telehealth ABA therapy to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review will summarize the previous studies during the COVID-19 period on telehealth ABA therapy especially for children with ASD. Nine studies were identified and three telehealth ABA models arose in these studies: the direct delivery model, the caregiver-support model, and the caregiver-training model. All of these nine studies indicated that telehealth ABA therapy was effective and efficient during the COVID-19 period, as all child participants with ASD in these studies showed statistically significant improvements in target developmental domains. This article also included two international models of ABA therapy during the COVID-19 period, with one in Italy and the other one in India. These two international studies demonstrated that telehealth ABA models can be culturally adaptative, and further proved the effectiveness of telehealth ABA therapy. Considering the limitations of current telehealth ABA therapy models, more future research is needed to solidify the research basis of telehealth ABA therapy and to determine the full potential of applying telehealth ABA therapy to children with ASD in the post-pandemic era.
Keywords
Applied Behavior Analysis, autism, telehealth
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Li,J. (2023). Exploring Telehealth ABA Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children with Autism. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,29,81-86.
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