TY - JOUR AU - Pajareya, Kingkaew AU - Sutchritpongsa, Sureelak AU - Kongkasuwan, Ratcharin PY - 2019/09/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - DIR/Floortime® Parent Training Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities: a Randomized Controlled Trial JF - Siriraj Medical Journal JA - Siriraj Med J VL - 71 IS - 5 SE - Original Article DO - 10.33192/Smj.2019.51 UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/217172 SP - 331-338 AB - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether adding a parent training program utilizing the Developmental Individual-difference Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime<strong><sup>®</sup></strong>) approach for children with developmental disabilities can improve their capacities for attention and initiation.&nbsp;<br><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-eight pairs of parents and their preschool children with developmental disabilities were randomly assigned to three 1-hour one on one DIR/Floortime<sup>® </sup>parent training sessions during a 4-month period or to a control group.<br><strong>Results: </strong>Between-group comparison demonstrated a significant difference in favor of the intervention group for attention (<em>F</em>(1, 46) = 34.52, <em>p</em> = .031, &nbsp;<em>p</em><em>h</em><sup>2</sup> = .099)&nbsp; and initiation composite scores (<em>F</em>(1, 46) = 6.55, <em>p</em> = .014, <em>p</em><em>h</em><sup>2</sup> = .127). Effect sizes were medium to large for the attention composite score (Cohen’s <em>d</em> = .526) and initiation composite score (Cohen’s <em>d</em> = .653) respectively.<br><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adding a modest home-based DIR/Floortime<strong><sup>®</sup></strong> parent training approach may yield clinically meaningful improvements in attention and initiation for children with a range of developmental challenges.</p> ER -