Cool for School”: Can a parent-group help to reduce anxiety in children with autism?

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorder; Mental Health - Autistic spectrum disorders; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620001322921
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 5 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Parents will be eligible to participate if their child is aged 4-to-5-years, has a score indicative of autism spectrum on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2, and has not yet commenced their first year of formal schooling.

Exclusion Criteria

There are no specific exclusion criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is Academic Competence upon starting primary school, which will be completed by teachers as part of this study. As data is collected as part of this study, no data linkage to school records or assessments is required. [As children are preschoolers during the time of the intervention, the primary outcome is not measured before or immediately after the intervention. Data on children's academic competence will only be collected at longer-term follow up which will occur one year after the completion of the intervention. <br>]