Robot-Mediated Social Skills Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in baseline emotions accurately identified on the Transporters Quiz
研究概览
简要总结
This study is being done to examine the impact of an interactive, social robotics program in helping children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) understand emotions and how to better recognize emotions while interacting with others. Eligible families will be randomized to either the robot intervention (n=20) or a no intervention (TAU; n=20) condition for 8-14 weeks. Assessments will occur at pre- and post-intervention as well as weekly for both conditions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 8 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Child participants must be between the ages of 4 years, 0 months and 8 years, 11 months.
- •Children must meet criteria for ASD or autism on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2; Lord et al., 2012) plus receive a clinical judgment of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) or autism by the study team.
- •Children must possess sufficient expressive language skills to qualify for at least an ADOS-2 Module
- •Caregivers must agree to participate in the study and commit to having their child participating in the intervention to which they are randomized for approximately three months.
- •Caregivers must agree to bring their child in for pre-testing and post-testing.
- •Family must speak English at least 50% in the home.
排除标准
- •Child IQ <70 (per Stanford Binet short form).
- •History of head injury, seizure disorder, severe aggression or self-injurious behavior.
- •Vision impairment after correction.
- •Cannot be living in foster care.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in baseline emotions accurately identified on the Transporters Quiz
时间窗: 14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention)
The Transporters Quiz (Autism Transporters CIC, Autism Research Center) is a quiz developed to test a child's understanding of the emotions portrayed in stories. The quiz examines whether a child can link a word describing an emotion, the facial expression of that emotion, and the causes of the emotion. This quiz will be given prior to starting treatment and again at the completion of the intervention.
次要结局
- Change in baseline Social Responsiveness Scale Score(14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention))
- Change in baseline parent report of child's emotion recognition(14 weeks into treatment (at completion of intervention))
- Number of prompt-free intervals during the treatment sessions(Weekly throughout intervention schedule (8-14 weeks))
研究者
Rebecca Landa
Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) and Professor, Johns Hopkins
Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.