TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Trends in Telehealth Applications to Deliver Social Communication Interventions for Young Children with or at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
AU - Simacek, Jessica
AU - Elmquist, Marianne
AU - Dimian, Adele F.
AU - Reichle, Joe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Purpose of Review: Early, intensive, and high-quality interventions can often improve social communication outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many children experience barriers to intervention, resulting in significant delays to intervention onset or missed opportunities for intervention altogether. With constant advances in technology, the field is experiencing a rapid increase in investigation of telehealth applications to intervention delivery. This article highlights the current trends in social communication intervention via telehealth used in early intervention practices for children with ASD over the past 5 years, including a brief review of studies (from 2014 to January 2020) and our team’s experiences in this area. Recent Findings: Based on our experience and the 22 studies we identified in this area, we describe the current trends in telehealth applications used and how interventions were delivered. We also provide recommendations, limitations, and future directions on this topic. Summary: Telehealth offers innovative intervention delivery options by increasing intervention access, overcoming barriers such as geography and costs of service delivery for young children with ASD.
AB - Purpose of Review: Early, intensive, and high-quality interventions can often improve social communication outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many children experience barriers to intervention, resulting in significant delays to intervention onset or missed opportunities for intervention altogether. With constant advances in technology, the field is experiencing a rapid increase in investigation of telehealth applications to intervention delivery. This article highlights the current trends in social communication intervention via telehealth used in early intervention practices for children with ASD over the past 5 years, including a brief review of studies (from 2014 to January 2020) and our team’s experiences in this area. Recent Findings: Based on our experience and the 22 studies we identified in this area, we describe the current trends in telehealth applications used and how interventions were delivered. We also provide recommendations, limitations, and future directions on this topic. Summary: Telehealth offers innovative intervention delivery options by increasing intervention access, overcoming barriers such as geography and costs of service delivery for young children with ASD.
KW - ASD
KW - Social communication
KW - Telehealth
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U2 - 10.1007/s40474-020-00214-w
DO - 10.1007/s40474-020-00214-w
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33072492
AN - SCOPUS:85092350676
SN - 2196-2987
VL - 8
SP - 15
EP - 23
JO - Current Developmental Disorders Reports
JF - Current Developmental Disorders Reports
IS - 1
ER -