In the current study, we described a multitiered study of coaching the coaches via telepractice (CCT) intervention package. The CCT was an intervention program designed to train and coach early intervention service providers (EISPs) so that they can coach parents to use evidence-based naturalistic communication teaching strategies (i.e., modeling, mand-model, and time delay) and reading techniques during shared book reading with their young children with autism. Three participating service providers went through a self-directed training via online modules and were coached via telepractice technologies (videoconferences). Using a single-case multiple-baseline design across participants, we (a) examined EISPs’ implementation fidelity (accuracy/quality) of coaching practices, (b) assessed their knowledge on communication strategies and coaching practices, and (c) sought information about their perception on the feasibility and outcomes of the intervention. Visual analysis of the observational data showed a functional relation between the CCT program and EISPs’ coaching practices.
Akemoğlu et al. (Wed,) studied this question.