NCT06206070

The Westmead Feelings Program Intervention for Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Hong Kong

Adaptation and Evaluation of the Hong Kong Version of the Westmead Feelings Program: Emotion-based Learning for Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream Schools

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this intervention is to evaluate the effectiveness of delivering the Westmead Feelings Program 2 to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in primary schools in Hong Kong.

Detailed description

The main questions it aims to answer are: * whether the Westmead Feelings Program 2 Hong Kong version (WFP2-HK) program is effective in improving children's social-emotional skills and mental well-being. * whether the WFP2-HK program is effective in promoting parents' mental well-being Child participants will receive 15 sessions of training in the WFP2-HK program. Their parents and teachers will receive three training workshops by coaches or advisors. A booster session will be conducted after 5 months upon completion of the training. Researchers will compare the outcome results between the treatment group and the waitlist group to see if the intervention is effective.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Hong Kong version of Westmead Feeling Program 2	Westmead Feelings Program (WFP) is a manualized emotion-based learning intervention for children on the autism spectrum. WFP teaches autistic children how to understand their own and other's emotions, solve problems, and regulate emotions through the implementation of transactional support. In doing so, parents and teachers are also trained to develop their emotional coaching skills to support children in everyday settings. Its impact on improving emotional competence in primary school-aged children on the autism spectrum has been established in 41 mainstream schools in Australia.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2024-01-16
• Last updated: 2024-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong