NCT04505488

Efficacy of the ASPEN Intervention Program in Low-Resource Communities

Efficacy of the ASD Screening and Parent ENgagement (ASPEN) Intervention Program in Low-Resource Communities

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 320 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Months – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The ASD Screening and Parent ENgagement (ASPEN) program is a culturally adapted, parent-mediated intervention program. The ASPEN program is tailored to address social communication and behavioral difficulties that young children with developmental delays may experience in early childhood. The ASPEN Program includes 12 sessions where parents are provided with psychoeducation about self-care, child development, and evidence-based strategies. Coaching is also provided to train parents on using evidence-based strategies within the home setting. The ASPEN program is delivered by a student clinician and a peer leader. We hypothesize that coaching strategies delivered by the clinician will lead to primary family caregivers learning evidence-based strategies and this will result in improved child outcomes. We hypothesize that education and family support delivered by peer leaders will help primary family caregivers learn social support strategies and this will lead to improved parent outcomes.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ASD Screening Parent ENgagement Intervention Program (ASPEN)	The ASPEN intervention is based on naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention strategies to support the development of social communication and play skills and reduce challenging behavior.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-07
• Primary completion: 2026-02-28
• Completion: 2026-05-31
• First posted: 2020-08-10
• Last updated: 2026-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States