NCT01008800

A Randomized Clinical Trial for Toddlers With ASD

Parent-mediated vs Center-based Intervention for Toddlers With ASD: An RCT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 196 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 22 Months – 33 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research is being done to test the effectiveness of two treatments aimed at increasing language and social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder. If children show improvement in these treatments, we hope that the availability of public services for minority and low income families will be increased. Minority and low income families with children between 22 and 33 months of age with Autism Spectrum Disorders may join.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Social Communication	The Center-Based classroom intervention focuses on providing children with an invigorating, motivating learning environment in which emerging skills and knowledge are skillfully brought to a higher level of maturity, integrated with existing abilities, and used functionally. Providing an enriched environment with toys, structured learning, and opportunities for ongoing engagement week may offer the children experiences that they would not otherwise have (Ramey \& Ramey, 1998). Parent training sessions will focus on strategies aimed at improving child social engagement and communication and on topics related to autism characteristics, learning styles, interventions, and resources.
BEHAVIORAL	Social communication	Parent training sessions will focus on teaching parents strategies for enhancing their child's social engagement and communication. Since parents will be using these strategies across all activities throughout the day, there is an increased likelihood of generalization. For parents of minority and underserved children, this may be the first exposure to responsive interaction strategies (Rudy \& Grusec, 2001).

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-02-01
• Completion: 2013-02-01
• First posted: 2009-11-06
• Last updated: 2021-03-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States