Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial
— AFECTOfficial title:
Autism Family Empowerment Coaching and Training Program (AFECT): Evaluating a Parent Coaching and Family Navigation Program for New Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the journey of families after their child's diagnosis of autism and to help parents understand autism and get the right treatments for their child. This study is for parents of children just diagnosed with autism who are: - Age greater than 1 and up to 5 years old; - Hispanic/Latino OR Black/African-American OR have Medi-Cal as primary health insurance; AND - Live in one of the following counties in California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma). The main questions it aims to answer are: - Whether parent coaching through Project AFECT leads to decreased parental stress and increased parental confidence; - Whether family navigation through Project AFECT leads to increased number of referrals to early intervention and educational services and reduced wait times to autism treatments; - Whether children whose parents receive Project AFECT intervention show increased language skills compared to children whose parents did not receive intervention. Participants will be asked to: - Complete surveys at enrollment and 3 and 6 months later. - Work with Project AFECT Coach. Researchers will compare control and intervention groups to see if Project AFECT leads to improved parent and child outcomes.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 120 |
Est. completion date | June 30, 2026 |
Est. primary completion date | June 30, 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 12 Months to 60 Months |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: 1. Parents of children just diagnosed with autism (with or without other diagnoses) who are: 1. Age greater than 1 and up to 5 years old; 2. Hispanic/Latino OR Black/African-American OR have Medi-Cal as primary health insurance; AND 3. Live in one of the following counties in California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma). Exclusion Criteria: - Non-legal guardians or foster parents who provide care to children newly diagnosed with autism. - Parents of children without diagnosis of autism. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Gardner Packard Children's Health Center | Atherton | California |
United States | Stanford Medicine Children's Health | Sunnyvale | California |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Stanford University |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Self-Efficacy | Mean change from baseline in parental self-efficacy measured using Autism-Specific Parenting Self-Efficacy Scale (PSEaS). Overall possible scores on the scale range from 17 - 85. The higher the score, the higher the measured level of parental self-efficacy (better outcome). | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 6 months | |
Primary | Stress Level | Mean change from baseline in parental stress level measured using Parental Stress Scale (PSS). Overall possible scores on the scale range from 18 - 90. The higher the score, the higher the measured level of parental stress (worse outcome). | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 6 months | |
Secondary | Child's Language Development | Scores using MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory - Words and Gestures. For comparison between groups, we will be utilizing the raw scores. Overall possible raw scores range from 0 - 396. The higher the raw score, the higher the number of words understood and produced by the child (better outcome). | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 6 months | |
Secondary | Wait time to autism treatments | Time from initial autism diagnosis to start of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 6 months | |
Secondary | Wait time to early intervention/special education | Time from initial autism diagnosis to assessment for early intervention/special education and development of Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)/Individualized Education Program (IEP) | From enrollment to the end of intervention at 6 months |
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