NCT02339935

Improving Hospitalizations for Children With ASD

Improving Hospitalizations for Children With ASD: Testing the Cost and Clinical Efficacy of Integrated Behavioral Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to implement and test a specific brief Applied Behavior Analysis model for assessing and responding to severe challenging behavior during acute medical and behavioral hospitalization for children with ASD. The investigators will evaluate the impact of this program by conducting a randomized trial across both medical and psychiatric hospital settings.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Autistic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief Analogue Functional Analysis	The Brief AFA seeks to identify the function of the challenging behavior by creating controlled test conditions in which specific responses are provided for challenging behavior (e.g., attention, escape from task demands, access to tangible - including variants of each as needed), as well as a control condition in which continual access to attention and preferred items is provided. It consists of a 30-90-minute abbreviated analysis comprised of a single exposure to 2-5-minute test and control conditions, along with replication of applicable test conditions and a treatment probe, which provides evidence of challenging behavior function faster than other methods.
OTHER	No Brief AFA	These participants will receive typical standard of care procedures while hospitalized, but will not receive the additional behavioral intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2015-01-16
• Last updated: 2016-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States