Parent Telehealth Intervention for Children With Autism

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Parent Language Intervention for Autism

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04501588
• Other study ID #: STU00201708
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: March 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 24, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Northwestern University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, telecoaching/telepractice models are of urgent importance. Given this, parents in the study will receive parent coaching through weekly video calls. To help us understand the best types of telecoaching, we will offer all participants responsive coaching, with half of the participants receiving an additional opportunity to reflect on their own use of language strategies with a therapist using video feedback and the other half receiving responsive coaching as usual, without video feedback. This information is important in helping us to understand the best way to coach parents using a telepractice model so that parents implement the intervention at high fidelity. Furthermore, we will aim to understand how parent learning style may also influence the implementation of these strategies.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: November 24, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 2, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Months to 48 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Child inclusion criteria include:

• diagnosis of ASD or showing signs of ASD based on autism screening

• chronological age of less than 48 months

• a parent who is willing to learn intervention strategies

• English as the primary language spoken in the home

Parent inclusion criteria include:

• Biological Mother

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children or parents with additional impairments (e.g., blindness, deafness, genetic syndromes) will be excluded from the study.

• Fathers or caregivers other than the child's Mother will be excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Responsive training with no video feedback
Parents will receive responsive training, but will not watch themselves on video to reflect on their strategy use.
• Responsive training with video feedback
Parents will receive responsive training and watch themselves on video to reflect on their strategy use.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Northwestern University	Evanston	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwestern University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Roberts MY, Kaiser AP. Early intervention for toddlers with language delays: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2015 Apr;135(4):686-93. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-2134. Epub 2015 Mar 2. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Parent Use of Language Support Strategies (Mother-child interaction)	Mother use of intervention strategies will be measured by transcribing and coding mother behaviors during 12-minute parent-child interactions, using a standard set of toys. The primary dependent variable will be the amount of correct strategy used expressed as a percentage correct. This is the percentage of child communication to which the adult responds correctly (i.e., contingently and within 5 seconds).	Two months after the start of the study
Secondary	MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI) (Child)	Parent report of child's expressive vocabulary and prelinguistic communication skills	Two months after the start of the study