Play your way to compliance: a validation study on a parent training program's effects on compliance in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder

The current study evaluated the efficacy of a parent training treatment package using errorless compliance training to increase compliance in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The study included three parent-child dyads that received a single parent training session using video modeling and direct instruction. A nonconcurrent multiple baseline design was used to evaluate what effects the treatment package had on increasing compliance rates in preschool-aged participants. The compliance rates of participants were coded during parent-led compliance sessions once per week to determine treatment efficacy. Parents also completed social-behavioral checklists pre- and post treatment to determine changes in parenting stress and externalizing behaviors in children. Parent fidelity with the treatment components was evaluated via telehealth during each phase of the study and at the end of the program. Effect size was calculated along with the use of visual analysis to examine the efficacy of the parent training treatment package.