- Title
- Comparison of caregiver engagement in telepractice and in-person family-centered early intervention
- Creator
- McCarthy, Melissa; Leigh, Greg; Arthur-Kelly, Michael
- Relation
- Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 33-42
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enz037
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Telepractice-specifically, the use of high-speed internet and interactive videoconferencing technology to deliver real-time audio and video communications between the family and the practitioner-is gaining acceptance as an alternative means of providing family-centered early intervention to families of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This study examined whether caregivers' reported perceptions of self-efficacy and involvement differed when early intervention was delivered in-person and through telepractice. The Scale of Parental Involvement and Self-Efficacy (SPISE) was used to evaluate perceptions of two groups of caregivers: one that received early intervention in-person (n = 100) and a group who received services through telepractice (n = 41). Results indicated that mode of delivery of services was not related to caregivers' perceptions of their self-efficacy or involvement. Further analysis revealed that although certain caregiver or child characteristics did influence some aspects of caregivers' beliefs about their self-efficacy or involvement, the effect of those variables was similar across both modes of delivery.
- Subject
- family; practitioner; caregivers; early intervention in-person
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1430487
- Identifier
- uon:38854
- Identifier
- ISSN:1465-7325
- Language
- eng
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