Exploring the Effectiveness of Dance as an Intervention to Promote Social-Emotional Health in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Hip-Hop Dance
- Registration Number
- NCT06295705
- Lead Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
- Brief Summary
This study will explore the effectiveness of dance as an intervention to promote social-emotional health within children with ASD.
- Detailed Description
The study will look children with ASD's response to a 7-week occupational therapy led dance program in regards to social-emotional health. This will include exploring the effect on change of social-emotional behavior in children with ASD after being exposed to dance intervention through comparing the quantitative measurements of pre- and post-assessment scores of the Developmental Profile 4 (DP-4), analysis of the qualitative measurements of pre- and post-social-emotional behaviors via child report, and analysis of qualitative observations of social-emotional behavior through reviewing video recording of dance classes. Additionally, parents' perspectives will be explored through post-interview questions to share their observations of their child's experience.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Not provided
- No IEP Primary Eligibility of Autism.
- No children participants younger than 7.
- No children participants older than 11.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Hip-Hop Dance Hip-Hop Dance The program will be a 7-week occupational therapy led dance program utilizing hip-hop dance as an intervention. Subjects with ASD will dance for 1 time a week for 60 minutes, ending with a dance showcase on the final week.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Child Description of Impact on Social-Emotional Health Change between baseline (time of enrollment) and Week 7 Subject will be asked to describe emotional state immediately prior to weekly dance intervention and immediately after dance intervention completed. Subject will be asked to verbalize emotional state or choose an icon to represent emotional state. Interviewer will record subject response. Effectiveness will be measured based on verbal or visual responses between 3 options: "Happy", "Sad", or "Okay", where "Happy" is considered effective, "Sad" considered to be ineffective, or if the responses are the same before and after than there is no change. This is a composite measurement over the course of 7 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parent Perspective of Impact on Social-Emotional Health Change between baseline (time of enrollment) and Week 7 (program completion) Parent will complete the Developmental Profile 4 (DP-4) assessment pre- and post-program regarding the child's social-emotional behavior. Effectiveness will be measured on responses between "Yes" and "No", where "Yes" is applicable to the parent's child, and "No" is not applicable. This is a composite measurement with 1 domain and 36 sub questions of the assessment before and after the program.
Change in Social-Emotional Behavior Change between baseline (time of enrollment) and Week 7 (program completion) Subjects will be audio/video recorded in each dance class weekly. Researcher will observe and analyze recordings using a developed observation checklist of each subject. Effectiveness will be measured by responses of "Observed" and "Not Observed", where "Observed" is witness in the subject and is effective, and "Not Observed" is not witnessed in the subject and is ineffective.This is a composite measurement over the course of 7 weeks.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Loma Linda University Health
🇺🇸Loma Linda, California, United States