When Toy Story 5 was announced, most of the conversation centered around one question: Are kids spending too much time on screens?
But there was another story unfolding quietly in the background.
Whenever Bonnie was absorbed in a device, the adults around her often were too.
That observation sparked a bigger question: If home carryover depends on caregiver attention, what happens when today’s parents are expected to be “always on” for work, school, and life?
Our latest report reviews emerging research on caregiver implementation, technoference, treatment fidelity, workplace expectations, and home carryover to explore one of the biggest challenges facing autism care today—and why the answer may not be less technology, but more intentional technology.
Inside the report, you’ll discover:
- Why distracted parenting may be more about workplace expectations than poor parenting
- How caregiver bandwidth impacts treatment fidelity and home carryover
- What the research says about technoference and parent-child interactions
- Practical strategies BCBAs can use to reduce implementation burden
- Why purposeful screen time may better support skill generalization than simply reducing screen time
Whether you’re a BCBA, RBT, educator, or parent, this report offers a research-backed perspective on one of the most important conversations happening in autism today.
