Examining the Feasibility of the FACES Facilitator Training to Prepare Community-Based FACES Interventionists

• In Event: Family and Community Supports for Individuals With Disabilities

Abstract

FACES (Fostering Advocacy, Communication, Empowerment, and Support) is a psychoeducational intervention designed to support Black families raising autistic youth. FACES equips Black families with tools and strategies to improve inequitable access to services and to enhance outcomes for Black autistic children and families. In this multiple-baseline single case experimental design, four community-based providers completed a 16-hour hybrid FACES Facilitator Training (FFT) with coaching, and then conducted FACES in their respective communities. This presentation will include (a) an overview of the development of the FFT, (b) a description of the implementation of the FFT via a single-case experimental design, and (c) a description of the feasibility and acceptability of the FFT for community-based providers.

Authors

• Jamie Pearson, North Carolina State University

• Jared Stewart-Ginsburg, North Carolina State University

• DeVoshia Mason Martin, North Carolina State University

• Janelle A. Johnson, North Carolina State University

• Jetta K. Lewis, North Carolina State University

• Jennifer Macko, North Carolina State University