Improving emotion recognition in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and intellectual disabilities
- Conditions
- * Autism spectrum disorder* ASD* Autism* PDD-NOS* Borderline intellectual functioning* Intellectual disability
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26856
- Lead Sponsor
- Karakter Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
ot applicable
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 44
* Children aged between 6 years, 0 months and 9 years, 11 months - known in psychiatric health care
* Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
* IQ scores between 70 and 85 ('borderline intellectual functioning')
* Access to a PC or TIV with DVD-player
* A comorbid ADHD diagnosis is allowed, as long as it is sufficiently treated with medication and dosage is stabile during the intervention.
* Currenlty intensive (ie weekly) individual or group therapy
* Diagnosis of one or more of the following comorbid psychiatric disorders:
- major depression
- psychotic disorder
- conduct disorder
- attachment disorder
- serious moto and/or perceptual disability
* Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
* Insufficient motivation for the completing the treatment
* Medical illness that needs treatment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcomes includ neuro-cognitive functioning of the children, social information processing and scores on social behavioral questionnaires. Each of the parameters is assessed at the start of treatment, right after and six months after completing the intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot applicable.