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In spite of recent attention and initiatives, international dissemination of ASD services still requires substantial effort to meet the needs of families. Although the importance of interdisciplinary care coordination remains important in moving progress forward, in the global context this may manifest in different ways. Parents currently play more prominent roles to promote improvements in international ASD service provision but coordination with a range of stakeholders at all levels is required for meaningful progress. Currently, providers must engage in creative approaches to ensure that best practices reach families. This occurs through thoughtful adaptation and translation, careful consideration of cross-cultural differences in social behaviors, and attention to the role of culture in the assessment and therapeutic context. To make more impactful strides research is needed in a wide range of areas such as incorporating cross-cultural variability into the assessment process and in the domain of implementation science.
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Harrison, A.J., Yu, L., Dawson-Squibb, JJ. (2020). International Perspectives in Coordinated Care for Individuals with ASD. In: McClain, M., Shahidullah, J., Mezher, K. (eds) Interprofessional Care Coordination for Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46295-6_14
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