Applied Behavior Analysis With Technologies

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autism
• Interventions: Behavioral: Applied Behavior Analysis protocol; Behavioral: Traditional intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06310317
• Lead Sponsor: Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica

Brief Summary

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapeutic approach for autism that is based on the principles of behavioral theory, learning, and positive reinforcement. Current research shows that early and intensive ABA intervention is effective in reducing dysfunctional behaviors and promoting learning and enactment of socially appropriate behaviors.

In this context, new approaches that attempt to integrate advanced technologies can play a key role. This experimental protocol aims to test whether the use of advanced technologies, such as tablets, as part of an intervention for a group of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more effective than the traditional approach implemented in a control group of children with ASD. The experimental protocol is aimed at enhancing cognitive skills, increasing new skills and acquiring functional/adaptive behaviors.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-01
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-01-31
• Study Completion: 2025-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Children with diagnosis of autism

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of other medical disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	Applied Behavior Analysis protocol	15 children belonging to the experimental group will undergo the treatment carries out the procedure by means of stimuli presented with technologies supports
control group	Traditional intervention	15 children belonging to the control group will undergo the treatment by performing the procedure with images printed on laminated A4 sheets.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)	the test need approximately 1 hour	Is an assessment tool that attends to all those skills that are fundamental to the development and enhancement of verbal communication skills and the proper use of language in social interactions. It focuses especially on the assessment of language prerequisites fundamental to the development of verbal behavior in accordance with the classification of verbal operants proposed by Skinner: mand, tact, echoic, intraverbal. It consists of a manual, a protocol and a set of materials (pictures and standardized items for assessment). The protocol is divided into: * Tables; * Early Echoic Skills Assessment (EESA) - Assessment of barriers: behaviors that might hinder the child's learning; * Assessment of transitions: the child's ability to make the transition to teaching modes based on the natural context; * Task Analysis and Skills Monitoring: describes the individual milestones required to reach the main milestone; * Scoring grids

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB) - National Research Council (CNR); 🇮🇹 Messina, Italy