ERIC Number: EJ1333632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Stakeholder Informed Development of the Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement Team-Based Program (EASE-Teams)
Beck, Kelly B.; Northrup, Jessie B.; Breitenfeldt, Kaitlyn E.; Porton, Shannon; Day, Taylor N.; MacKenzie, Kristen T.; Conner, Caitlin M.; Mazefsky, Carla A.
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v26 n3 p586-600 Apr 2022
Emotion dysregulation (ED) underlies psychiatric symptoms and impedes adaptive responses in autistic individuals. The Emotion Awareness and Skills Enhancement (EASE) program was the first mindfulness-based intervention designed to target emotion dysregulation in autistic adolescents (12-17 years old). This project partnered with stakeholders to adapt EASE for autistic adolescents and adults with co-occurring intellectual disability and autistic elementary-aged children, groups who often benefit from caregiver support in treatment. Over three adaptation phases, we: (1) elicited stakeholder and expert feedback to adapt the original EASE program for autistic individuals with intellectual disability; (2) redesigned the adapted manual and expanded the target age range following a small "micro-trial" with a sample of autistic adolescents and adults with intellectual disability (n = 6); and (3) demonstrated feasibility and acceptability of a caregiver-client team-based approach (EASE-Teams) in a sample of 10 autistic individuals with and without intellectual disability (ages 7-25) and their caregivers. EASE-Teams was both acceptable and helpful to families. Significant improvements were noted in participant emotion dysregulation, psychiatric symptoms, and caregiver stress from their child's dysregulation. Findings suggest that EASE-Teams may be appropriate for heterogeneous developmental and cognitive needs. Future research to establish efficacy and refine EASE-Teams with community providers is warranted.
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Program Development, Emotional Response, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Metacognition, Intervention, Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Disability, Program Evaluation, Adolescents, Adults, Child Behavior, Caregivers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (DHHS); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Aberrant Behavior Checklist; Child Behavior Checklist; Parenting Stress Index
Grant or Contract Numbers: UA3MC11054; KL2TR001856