NCT05582655

Leveraging Autism Intervention for Families Using Telehealth (LIFT)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Oregon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 72 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the LIFT study is to develop a technology-assisted adaptation of the JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation: Kasari et al., 2021) social communication intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In partnership with community early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) practitioners in Oregon, implementation strategies to help caregivers learn to the use the intervention strategies with their young children will delivered in a pilot randomized trial. The pilot trial will compare primarily self-directed learning through online materials and brief practitioner support (ONLINE) with the addition of live synchronous coaching (ONLINE + COACH) on caregivers' strategy use (primary) and children's joint engagement and social communication (secondary).

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ONLINE	The ONLINE intervention applies the JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation: Kasari et al., 2021) social communication intervention for young children with autism. The JASPER approach has been tested in a caregiver-mediated format where caregivers are taught to use the JASPER strategies with their children during play and home routine (e.g., Kasari et al., 2010; Kasari et al., 2014). The JASPER intervention is being adapted in this study to include online web based materials.
BEHAVIORAL	COACH	COACH includes live synchronous caregiver coaching in the JASPER intervention model. Coaching follows prior published JASPER caregiver coaching protocols (e.g., Shire, Shih, Barriault, \& Kasari, 2022). This implementation strategy has been tested in a pilot study when applied by community early intervention providers (Shire, Baker Worthman, \& Arbuckle, 2021).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2022-10-17
• Last updated: 2022-11-03