Utilization of telemedicine to support caregivers of young children with ASD and their Part C service providers: a comparison of intervention outcomes across three models of service delivery

Table 3 Consultant and caregiver-reported functional improvement

Functional domain	Caregiving routines	Play	Verbal communication	Nonverbal communication	Social behavior	Restricted, repetitive behavior	Challenging behavior
Very much improved (%)
Consultant	10	10	10	10	11	0	10
Caregiver	10	19	12	19	17	8	12
Much improved (%)
Consultant	44	46	28	38	43	17	31
Caregiver	42	49	31	43	45	29	31
Minimally improved (%)
Consultant	44	39	48	45	39	50	35
Caregiver	35	29	37	29	29	37	39
No change (%)
Consultant	2	4	14	6	6	32	21
Caregiver	13	4	20	8	8	25	12
Minimally worse (%)
Consultant	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Caregiver	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Much or very much worse (%)
Consultant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caregiver	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Caregiver data was available for 84 families. Consultant data was available for 114 families

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