Examining an Adaptive Telehealth Intervention

Mirror Me is a telehealth parent training intervention that teaches parents to promote their child's social imitation during play and daily routines. It uses content from Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT), an evidence-based NDBI that teaches social imitation within affect-laden playful interactions. Mirror Me presents intervention content in four interactive modules. Program development was guided by the technology acceptance model, media richness theory, and principles of instructional design.

Trained therapists will provide feedback to parents as they use the RIT techniques with their child at home. All sessions will follow a similar format including a discussion of accomplishments and challenges, parent practice with feedback, problem solving, and planning for the next week