Prt-based Interventions with robots for training Childen with AutiSm in SOcial and communicative skills
Completed
- Conditions
- AutismAutism Spectrum DisorderPivotal Response TreatmentPRTinterventionrobotssocial skillscommunicative skills
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29129
- Lead Sponsor
- Jan Buitelaar, MD PhDRadboud University Nijmegen Medical CentreDepartment of Cognitive NeuroscienceKarakter centre for child and adolescent psychiatry(0031)24-3610655email: Jan.Buitelaar@radboudumc.nl
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
children aged 3-8 years with a diagnosis of ASD, confirmed by the Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
-IQ > 70
Exclusion Criteria
-children of whom medication dosis cannot be fixed during the study
-children who received PRT earlier
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Report of partent and teacher:<br /><br>-Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS): ASD symptoms of the child, with the focus on social and communicative skills<br /><br>2) Report of child psychiatrist:<br /><br>-Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale (CGI-I): a general impression on the improvement in mental health of the child with ASD
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rated by trained psychologist:<br /><br>1) Prompting requirement of communicative skills (CS) during PRT sessions<br /><br>2) Number of learning moments (LM) in which the child shows spontaneous appropriate behaviour (e.g. initiations)<br /><br>Rated by child:<br /><br>3) Visual Analogue scale (VAS): likability of the robot and child's affect during PRT robot treatment