Feasibility of Parent Training via Telehealth for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Disruptive Behavior: A Demonstration Pilot.

Bearss et al. (2018) tested if parents could learn autism behavior tools through video calls.

They worked with rural families who had preschoolers with autism and daily tantrums.

Parents met a trainer on Zoom each week for ten lessons and homework checks.

Almost every family finished the course and said they liked it.

Parents used the new skills at home and 79% of kids were rated much or very much improved.

Lindgren et al. (2020) later ran a full RCT with the same age group and cut problem behavior by 98%.

Schieltz et al. (2022) repeated the model with 199 families around the world and still saw strong gains.

These newer studies keep the telehealth idea but add tighter controls and bigger samples, so they now set the gold standard.

Karen et al. proved telehealth parent training can work in small towns. Later papers show the same method can slash severe behavior when you add functional communication steps. If you coach parents on Zoom, start with Karen’s simple lessons, then layer in FCT tools from Lindgren or Schieltz for bigger impact.