DIR/Floortime® Parent Training Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Kingkaew Pajareya; Sureelak Sutchritpongsa; Ratcharin Kongkasuwan

doi:10.33192/Smj.2019.51

DIR/Floortime® Parent Training Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors

Kingkaew Pajareya Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-1896
Sureelak Sutchritpongsa Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700
Ratcharin Kongkasuwan Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-6529

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33192/Smj.2019.51

Keywords:

Child development; developmental disability; parent training; DIR/Floortime®

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether adding a parent training program utilizing the Developmental Individual-difference Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime^®) approach for children with developmental disabilities can improve their capacities for attention and initiation.
Methods: Forty-eight pairs of parents and their preschool children with developmental disabilities were randomly assigned to three 1-hour one on one DIR/Floortime^®parent training sessions during a 4-month period or to a control group.
Results: Between-group comparison demonstrated a significant difference in favor of the intervention group for attention (F(1, 46) = 34.52, p = .031, ph² = .099) and initiation composite scores (F(1, 46) = 6.55, p = .014, ph² = .127). Effect sizes were medium to large for the attention composite score (Cohen’s d = .526) and initiation composite score (Cohen’s d = .653) respectively.
Conclusion: Adding a modest home-based DIR/Floortime^® parent training approach may yield clinically meaningful improvements in attention and initiation for children with a range of developmental challenges.

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Published

20-09-2019

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Pajareya, K., Sutchritpongsa, S., & Kongkasuwan, R. (2019). DIR/Floortime® Parent Training Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Siriraj Medical Journal, 71(5), 331–338. https://doi.org/10.33192/Smj.2019.51

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Vol. 71 No. 5 (2019): September-October

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