This symposium includes four presentations describing similar intervention effects from two relationship-based developmental interventions (RBIs): the PLAY Home Consultation Project (Floortime) and Responsive Teaching. Both RBIs attempt to promote children's developmental functioning by encouraging parents to engage in highly responsive interactions with their children. Dr. Solomon will describe results from a randomized control trial of PLAY which was conducted with 112 preschool children with autism and their parents. Dr. Diken will describe results from two small investigations of Responsive Teaching conducted with preschool children with disabilities in Turkey. Dr. Mahoney will describe how secondary analyses of both RBIs indicated that children developmental improvements were associated with the degree to which parents enhanced their responsiveness, and were mediated by the effects of parental responsiveness on children's engagement. Drs. Mahoney and Solomon will describe how both RBIs resulted in significant improvements in parent psychosocial functioning, as assessed by parenting stress and depression.
Randomized Control Trial of the PLAY Home Consultation Model with Preschool Children with Autism Richard Solomon, MD
Pilot Studies of Responsive Teaching with Preschool Children with Disabilities and their Parents in Turkey Ibrahim Diken, PhD
Mechanism of Developmental Change in Two Relationship Based Developmental Interventions Gerald Mahoney, PhD
The Effects of Relationship Based Developmental Intervention on Parents' Parenting Stress and Depression Richard Solomon, MD;