NCT00106210

School- and Home-Based Early Intervention for Toddlers With Autism

Early Detection, Intervention, and Neurobiology in Autism: Early Intervention Portion

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Months – 33 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine the impact of early intervention on the communication and social development of toddlers with autism.

Detailed description

Autism is a condition that affects brain development, often leading to difficulties in social, emotional, and educational functioning. This study will determine whether early intervention can improve such functioning in toddlers with autism. Each treatment session will last 6 months. Children with an autism spectrum disorder will be enrolled in one of two parallel classes and will receive one of two treatments 4 days a week for the duration of the session. Children in each class will receive the same amount and level of intervention, but with a different goal focus. Treatments will be school- and home-based; parents will receive instruction on administering the at-home part of the treatment. The intervention will include environmental engineering, developmental approaches, adaptations of traditional behavioral approaches, and contemporary behavioral approaches that apply principles of applied behavior analysis in more naturalistic teaching frameworks. A series of measures including scales, interviews, and observations will be used to assess the children at baseline, study completion, and 6 months after study completion. The children will be videotaped during the school-based intervention.

Conditions

• Autistic Disorder
• Autism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Early intervention blending several tx approaches, w/ focus	Early intervention blending several different treatment approaches, with a focus on certain skills
BEHAVIORAL	Early intervention blending several treatment approaches	Early intervention blending several different treatment approaches

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-05-01
• Primary completion: 2007-09-01
• Completion: 2007-09-01
• First posted: 2005-03-22
• Last updated: 2013-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States