Parent education interventions for parents of adolescents with autism: a scoping review

Parent education interventions for children with autism have grown steadily over the past few decades. As such, it is essential to define, capture, and map the characteristics of parent education-focused interventions, particularly for parents of adolescents with autism. We conducted a scoping review of parent education interventions for parents of adolescents with autism in the United States to (a) identify parent, child, and intervention characteristics and (b) map trends across four decades of literature on parent education interventions. We identified 54 studies that met our inclusion criteria. Our review captured trends related to the racial characteristics of participants, the growing accessibility of training formats, and the scarcity of interventions with older adolescents. The limitations and implications of this review are also discussed.