NCT03612102

Evaluating Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment for Children With Selective Mutism

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: Florida International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 9 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This goal of this study is to evaluate an intensive group behavioral treatment (IGBT) program for children with selective mutism, a low base-rate childhood anxiety disorder. 29 children between the ages of 5 and 9 will be randomly assigned to participate in a 5-day IGBT over the summer or to a waitlist control condition, with the opportunity to participate in IGBT 4 weeks later. All children that participate in treatment will be followed up 8 weeks into the following school year.

Conditions

• Selective Mutism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intensive Group Behavioral Treatment (IGBT)	IGBT is a 5-day intensive treatment program, where cognitive behavioral therapy is provided to children and their parents delivered over 6-8 hours per day over the course of 5 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-11
• Primary completion: 2017-12-14
• Completion: 2017-12-14
• First posted: 2018-08-02
• Last updated: 2018-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States