The importance of family engagement in their children’s education and treatment is emphasized by researchers, professional organizations, and legislatures. Providing services with caregivers via telepractice has gained more support and is becoming especially timely due to the current pandemic and social distancing requirements. Professionals, such as board-certified behavior analysts (BCBAs), who work with caregivers with children with disabilities may benefit from receiving professional development on strategies for building better rapport with caregivers and coaching them to bring about maximum clinical efficacy. The current pilot study replicated an earlier study by Meadan et al. to examine the effects of the Coaching Caregiver Professional Development (CoCarePD) intervention package, in which BCBAs received training and coaching from researchers via telepractice, on their caregiver coaching practices. A single-case, multiple-probe design study across three BCBAs was conducted, and findings support a functional relation between the CoCarePD and BCBAs’ use of coaching practices.

研究人员、专业组织和立法机构都强调家庭参与对孩子的教育和治疗的重要性。由于当前的大流行和社会疏远要求，通过远程医疗为护理人员提供服务获得了更多支持，并且变得尤为及时。与有残疾儿童的照顾者一起工作的专业人士，例如董事会认证的行为分析师 (BCBA)，可能会受益于获得有关与照顾者建立更好关系的策略的专业发展，并指导他们实现最大的临床疗效。当前的试点研究复制了 Meadan 等人的早期研究。检查教练护理人员专业发展 (CoCarePD) 干预包的效果，其中 BCBA 通过远程练习从研究人员那里接受了关于他们的护理人员指导实践的培训和指导。对三个 BCBA 进行了单案例、多探针设计研究，结果支持 CoCarePD 和 BCBA 使用辅导实践之间的功能关系。