A blended module for Pivotal Response Treatment

Conditions: Autism spectrum disorder

Registration Number: NL-OMON25693

Lead Sponsor: Karakter

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

(Caregivers or teachers of) children aged 2-12 years (all levels of expressive language) at the start of the intervention.
-(Caregivers or teachers of) children clinically diagnosed with ASD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), fifth edition (APA, 2013) or with a preliminary diagnosis of ASD for very young children.
- One of the caregivers must speak and understand the Dutch language
- Included therapists must be employed within Karakter at the time of the study and be licenced as PRT therapist on Level III.

Exclusion Criteria

-Parents who participate(d) in an exclusively face to face intervention (Phase I)
-Systemic or family-related problems that interfere with implementation of PRT in natural situations (Phase I and II).
-Intervention on comorbid psychiatric symptoms is urgently required (although presence of comorbid psychiatric problems is not an exclusion criterion)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Phase I: Experiences of parents, teachers and therapists with the current PRT intervention and digitalized care<br>Phase II: total score on the parent-rated Social Responsiveness Scale, 2nd version (SRS-2) at endpoint

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Phase II:<br>-total score on the parent-rated SRS-2 at follow-up<br>-total score on the teacher-rated SRS-2 at endpoint and follow-up<br>-Improvement in global clinical functioning (endpoint and follow-up) and severity of the clinical global impression scale (CGI-I and CGI-S)<br>-child's adaptive behavior assessed by survey version of Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 3rd version (VABS-3) at endpoint<br>-parent-rated quality of life of children at endpoint and follow-up, assessed by Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)<br>-parenting stress at endpoint and follow-up, assessed by Opvoedingsbelastingvragenlijst (OBVL)<br>-percentage spontaneous self-initiations at endpoint