Clinician-Perceived Bridges and Barriers to Parental Implementation of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS): An evaluation.
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an augmentative and alternative \ncommunicative system that improves communication and decreases problem behaviors in children with Developmental Disabilities and Autism. The mediator model is a validated \napproach that clinicians use to train parents to perform evidence-based interventions. \nParental non-adherence to treatment recommendations is a documented problem. This \nqualitative study investigated clinician-perceived factors that influence parental \nadherence to PECS recommendations. Three focus groups (n=8) were conducted with \nSpeech Language Pathologists and Behavior Therapists experienced in providing parents with PECS recommendations. Constant comparison analysis was used. In general, clinicians believed that PECS was complex to implement. Thirty-one bridges were identified to overcome complexity. Twenty-two barriers and 6 other factors also impacted parental adherence. Strategies to address these factors were proposed based on a review of the literature. Future research will be performed to validate these findings using parents and a larger sample size.
Author: Danielle Pessah
Language: English
Subfield: Occupational Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Brock University
OpenAlex ID: W2218294234