Exploring the Effectiveness of Dance as an Intervention to Promote Social-Emotional Health Within the Everyday Lives of Children With ASD
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 8
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Child Description of Impact on Social-Emotional Health
研究概览
简要总结
This study will explore the effectiveness of dance as an intervention to promote social-emotional health within children with ASD.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 11 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •for Youth Participants
- •Elementary school children ages 7-
- •Parent/caregiver/guardian must provide proof of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with a Primary Eligibility of Autism.
- •o Parent/caregiver/guardian must provide proof of IEP and eligibility.
- •Will speak and understand English.
- •Able to physically participate in the dance program without the use of adaptive equipment.
- •Answer yes to the following Skillset Checklist (Per parent/caregiver/guardian report):
- •Follow 1- and 2-step instructions.
- •Follow structured activities with supervision (e.g., visual schedule, routine).
- •Previous participation in extracurricular group activities over the last 6 months - 1 year (e.g., structured sports).
- •Minimum 5-minutes of attention to task.
排除标准
- •No IEP Primary Eligibility of Autism.
- •No children participants younger than
- •No children participants older than 11.
研究组 & 干预措施
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.
干预措施: Hip-Hop Dance (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Child Description of Impact on Social-Emotional Health
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- Change in Social-Emotional Behavior(Change between baseline (time of enrollment) and Week 7 (program completion))
- Parent Perspective of Impact on Social-Emotional Health(Change between baseline (time of enrollment) and Week 7 (program completion))