3.04 ASPEN - ASD Screening and Parent Engagement (ASPEN)

2023

Principal Investigator, PODER: Promoting Obesity prevention among Latino children with Developmental disabilities and families through Engaged Research. This is a 3-study grant examining obesity and health promotion among Latino children with IDD and their caregivers, and developing and testing an intervention for this target population. It is a Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) funded by NIDILRR. Co-PI, ASD Screening and Parent ENgagement (ASPEN) intervention. The goal of this project is to examine the efficacy of the ASD Screening and Parent ENgagement (ASPEN) intervention, a culturally-informed parent-mediated intervention (PMI) delivered to caregivers and children at risk for ASD who reside in low-resource households. Funded by NIDILRR. My role subcontracted from Texas State University (Vanegas).

family support, caregiving, disabilities,

Performing Research or Evaluation

Quality Assurance, Education & Early Intervention

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Limited English, Specific Groups

State, National

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