NCT01340092

Use of a Family Navigator in Families With Children Newly Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 192 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see whether or not Family Navigators, who 1 ) help families after their child is diagnosed with autism and help them get autism specific services for their child 2) help families identify barriers to obtaining these services and 3) help families problem solve to overcome these barrier, are helpful to parents of a child newly diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Conditions

• Autistic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Family Navigator	Families in the intervention group will receive approximately six sessions with a Family Navigator. The Family Navigator will: 1. Help family identify key issues they need to address to get their child autism-specific services 2. Help family address barriers to obtaining these services and strategize approaches to overcome them.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2011-04-22
• Last updated: 2016-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States