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ERIC Number: EJ1458552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-263X
EISSN: EISSN-1573-3580
Microlearning as a Concept to Optimize Integrated Services for Racially/Ethnically Diverse Families of Autistic Children
Yue Xu; Zhiwen Xiao; Sandra Vanegas
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, v37 n1 p157-183 2025
Children on the spectrum often require both formal services and natural unpaid support from caregivers. Recent autism surveillance study in the US has reported an increase in racially/ethnically diverse autistic children (Maenner et al. in MMWR Surveillance Summaries 72(2):1, 2023). Standing at the intersection of race, disability and sometimes immigration status, racially/ethnically diverse autistic children and their caregivers face a plethora of barriers in accessing services and support. The time and effort devoted to learning this knowledge and managing services and support is significant (Brewer in Social Science & Medicine 215:61-68, 2018). As a result, families with low resources often struggle to maintain attendance once recruited to participate in parent training interventions (Carr et al. in Autism 20(6):643-652, 2016; Kasari et al. in Pediatrics, 134(1):e72-e79, 2014). Furthermore, these structural challenges can lead to elevated caregiver stress (DeLambo et al. in Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 23:129-141, 2011; Martinez & Turnage in Issues in Mental Health Nursing 43(11):1030-1040, 2022), which in turn impacts their ability to learn new strategies and manage services (Marin et al. in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 96(4):583-595, 2011). In the current paper we propose the adoption of using microlearning concept to breakdown culturally responsive interventions into bite-sized chunks to reach caregivers juggling with caregiving and other structural challenges. We present the process of adapting Parents Taking Action, a community-based culturally appropriate intervention targeting racially/ethnically diverse families of young autistic children, using the microlearning approach. We further discuss how the microlearning concept can be applied and its limitations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) (DHHS/ACL)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 90IFST0080101