Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 3 · Licensed source edition
Cooperative parent mediated therapy for Italian children with autism spectrum disorder: a clinical experimental study in a community healthcare service in Italy
Originally published 2025-07-01 · Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/frcha.2025.1544344 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
What does a collaborative therapy session ask a parent and child to do together?
The trial directly tests an added cooperative parent-mediated component and uses blinded assessment of parent–child interaction.
Who was studied?
Forty children and their parents were randomly assigned to usual individual care or additional weekly parent–child sessions.
Age / stage: Children on the autism spectrum
Read with three questions
- Which outcome was evaluated by someone unaware of the assigned condition?
- Which outcomes and follow-up periods were specified for the comparison?
- How much time or support did families need to sustain their participation?
Keep the limits in view
Random assignment supports a comparison under the trial conditions. Sample selection, delivery, outcome choice and follow-up limit extension to other households.
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Alessandra Carta; Laura Casula; Salvatorica Manca; Mariangela Valentina Puci; Giuseppina Puseddu; Elisa Fucà; Giovanni Sotgiu; Stefano Vicari; Stefano Sotgiu; Giovanni Valeri (2025). Cooperative parent mediated therapy for Italian children with autism spectrum disorder: a clinical experimental study in a community healthcare service in Italy Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2025.1544344
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