DIR/Floortime® Parent Training Intervention for Children with Developmental Disabilities: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kingkaew Pajareya*, Sureelak Sutchritpongsa, Ratcharin Kongkasuwan
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand; E-mail: kingkaew.paj@mahidol.ac.th
บทคัดย่อ
Objective: To determine whether adding a parent training program utilizing the Developmental Individual-difference Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime®) approach for children with developmental disabilities can improve their capacities for attention and initiation. 
Methods: Forty-eight pairs of parents and their preschool children with developmental disabilities were randomly assigned to three 1-hour one on one DIR/Floortime® parent training sessions during a 4-month period or to a control group.
Results: Between-group comparison demonstrated a significant difference in favor of the intervention group for attention (F(1, 46) = 34.52, p = .031,  ph2 = .099)  and initiation composite scores (F(1, 46) = 6.55, p = .014, ph2 = .127). Effect sizes were medium to large for the attention composite score (Cohen’s d = .526) and initiation composite score (Cohen’s d = .653) respectively.
Conclusion: Adding a modest home-based DIR/Floortime® parent training approach may yield clinically meaningful improvements in attention and initiation for children with a range of developmental challenges.
 
 
ที่มา
สารศิริราช ปี 2562, September-October ปีที่: 71 ฉบับที่ 5 หน้า 331-338
คำสำคัญ
child development, developmental disability, parent training, DIR/Floortime