@article{ref1,
title="Effect of distance caregiver coaching on functional skills of a child with traumatic brain injury",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2018",
author="Witt, Michelle R. and Stokes, Trevor F. and Parsonson, Barry S. and Dudding, Carol C.",
volume="32",
number="7",
pages="894-899",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of distance caregiver coaching on skill acquisition of a child with traumatic brain injury. Interactions between caregivers and persons with brain injury may play a critical role in the rehabilitation process, and coaching caregivers is one method that may foster more positive functional outcomes for the individual as caregiver skills may generalize across domains. <br><br>METHOD: This study utilised a single-subject, multiple baseline across behaviours design to examine the effects of caregiver behaviours on skill acquisition by a child with a traumatic brain injury. The caregiver-client dyad in this study was a mother and her 10-year-old adopted child. The caregiver was coached using telehealth technology. Distance coaching consisted of in-vivo feedback on the caregiver's use of general behaviour analytic skills, such as use of effective prompting and positive social consequences, while engaging with the child with a brain injury. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Improvements in the child's independent task completion across three functional skills were observed, as a function of improvements in the caregiver's skills.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2018.1466365",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1466365"
}