Harris, T. A., Peterson, S. L., Filliben, T. L., Glassberg, M., & Favell, J. E. (1998).
Evaluating a more cost-efficient alternative to providing in-home feedback to parents: The use of spousal feedback.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
31, 131-134.
We evaluated the contribution of spousal feedback to a parent
education curriculum designed for parents of children with
autism. A modified multiple baseline design across 3
husband-and-wife dyads was used to examine the effects of
teaching parents to give each other feedback on their teaching
performance. For 5 of 6 participants, improvement in teaching
performance occurred following didactic presentations. However,
additional improvement was observed for 5 participants when the
spousal feedback component was implemented.
DESCRIPTORS: parent training, parent education, autism, feedback,
teaching skills