A Pilot Trial of a Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Bases (DIR)/Floortime for Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Conditions
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Registration Number
- NCT00954083
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahidol University
- Brief Summary
Thirty two children age 2-6 years are recruited into the study and the randomization will be stratified for chronological age and symptom severity into 2 main groups, intervention and control. The intervention group will receive an additional target treatment of DIR/Floortime parent training intervention, while the control group will continue on their routine care for 3 months.
Hypothesis: Children in the intervention group show much improvement in climbing the developmental "ladder" and declining in the autistic behaviors.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
- clinical criteria for Autistic Disorders according to DSM IV
- child is 2 - 6 years of age
- children with additional medical diagnosis (e.g., genetic syndromes, diagnosed hearing impairment, diagnosed visual impairment or seizures)
- children who are geographically inaccessible for follow-up visits
- their parents are not literate or known chronic psychiatric or physical illness in the parents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) Ratings (the child part) at the beginning of the first session and at the 3 months follow up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) Clinical rating of the children (6 point scale related to Greenspan's six Functional Development Level -FDL) Satisfaction of the effectiveness of the intervention of their child (Six-point Likert scale) at the beginning of the first session and the 3 months follow up
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