Evaluating the Effect of Use of Technologies to Increase the Cognitive Abilities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Autism
- Sponsor
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Flavia Marino
Head of Unit
Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Children with diagnosis of autism
Exclusion Criteria
- •presence of other medical disorders
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP)
Time Frame: 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