Activities and Results

Year 1
The FGRBI model was developed and implemented with 6 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families. Participants were recruited in collaboration with the local community Part C program and other related projects (FIRSTWORDS Project, Early Social Interaction Project). The focus was to gather information on the effectiveness of the FG-RBI model in addressing the specific social-communication goals for children with autism by enhancing their caregiver’s ability to use individualized teaching strategies within their daily routines and activities. Data collection and analyses are ongoing.

Year 2
The FGRBI model has expanded to include families of children with Down syndrome. The focus is to assess the applicability of the FGRBI model in addressing child goals that may vary across domains (cognitive, self-help, communication) by enhancing their caregiver’s ability to use teaching strategies across diverse routines and activities. Participant recruitment and data collection are on-going.

Year 3
Data collection continued on parent child dyads in home based programs with a special focus on children with significant communication delays, families with multiple risk factors and children adopted internationally.  Review of opportunities provided by caregivers within various routines was conducted.

Year 4
Focus for year 4 included investigation of the applicability of the model to caregivers in early care and education settings.  A study was completed within Early Head Start and another initiated within a transitional living facility for homeless families.  Social validity sampling was conducted.

The following presentations about the FGRBI model were made by FGRBI staff at various international, national, and state-level conferences.

2007
Early Childhood Services: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Effectiveness,1(2), 137-154 (2007)

Expanding Opportunities for Social Communication into Daily Routines.
Juliann Woods & Shubha Kashinath

 

ASHA

Role of Parent Position in Facilitating Communication in ASD
Janine L. S. Bartley and Juliann Woods

DEC

Family Guided Routines Based Intervention (FGRBI) in Early Head Start
Juliann Woods

2006
DEC

Family Guided Routines Based Intervention (FGRBI): Practical Applications of Findings to Date
Juliann Woods & Howard Goldstein

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol. No. 49 pp. 466–485 (June 2006)

Enhancing Generalized Teaching Strategy Use in Daily Routines by Parents of Children With Autism
Shubha Kashinath, Juliann Woods, and Howard Goldstein

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 67–82 (2006)

Early Social Interaction Project for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Beginning in the Second Year of Life: A Preliminary Study
Amy M. Wetherby and Juliann J. Woods

2005
ASHA

Distilling Effective Strategies for Promoting Communication of Infants and Toddlers in Homes, Centers and Across Routines.
Dale Walker, Howard Goldstein, and Marc Fey

2004
CRIEI

Distilling Effective Strategies for Promoting Communication of Infants and Toddlers in Homes, Centers and Across Routines.
Dale Walker, Howard Goldstein, and Marc Fey

Journal of Early Intervention, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 175-193 (2004)

Effects of Embedding Caregiver Implemented Teaching Strategies in Daily Routines on Children's Coommunication Outcomes
Juliann Woods, Shubha Kashinath, and Howard Goldstein

 

 

 

2003
2003 Annual International Early Childhood Conference of the Council for Exceptional on Children, Division of Early Childhood

More than Modeling: Enhancing Caregiver Use of Embedded Intervention in Routines
Shubha Kashinath, Juliann Woods, and Howard Goldstein

ROME

International Society on Early Intervention Congress. Rome, Italy.
Applying family guided routines-based intervention with caregivers and their children with developmental delays.
Howard Goldstein & Juliann Woods

2003 Annual CSPD Conference

Family Guided Routines Based Intervention
Juliann Woods, Howard Goldstein, and Shubha Kashinath

Florida State-wide Service Coordinators’ Conference, Orlando, Florida

Enhancing Caregivers' Use of Intervention Strategies within Daily Routines.
Shubha Kashinath and Kim Galant

Fall Statewide Meeting, Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program.

Enhancing caregiver-child interactions in natural environments.
Shubha Kashinath and Kim Galant