No, only parents who have attended some clinic visits should give the verbal contingencies. To ensure that the Lidcombe Program works properly, the speech-language pathologist needs to train every parent who will give verbal contingencies.
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Are there any children for whom the Lidcombe Program is not suitable?
There has been no research that has explored this. Clinical trials have excluded children with comorbid conditions such as ADHD and intellectual impairment.