Parent Telehealth Intervention for Children With Autism

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Responsive training with no video feedback; Behavioral: Responsive training with video feedback

• Registration Number: NCT04501588
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, telecoaching/telepractice models are of urgent importance. Given this, parents in the study will receive parent coaching through weekly video calls. To help us understand the best types of telecoaching, we will offer all participants responsive coaching, with half of the participants receiving an additional opportunity to reflect on their own use of language strategies with a therapist using video feedback and the other half receiving responsive coaching as usual, without video feedback. This information is important in helping us to understand the best way to coach parents using a telepractice model so that parents implement the intervention at high fidelity. Furthermore, we will aim to understand how parent learning style may also influence the implementation of these strategies.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-06
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-02
• Study Completion: 2021-11-24
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

Child inclusion criteria include:

• diagnosis of ASD or showing signs of ASD based on autism screening
• chronological age of less than 48 months
• a parent who is willing to learn intervention strategies
• English as the primary language spoken in the home

Parent inclusion criteria include:

• Biological Mother

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Exclusion Criteria

• Children or parents with additional impairments (e.g., blindness, deafness, genetic syndromes) will be excluded from the study.
• Fathers or caregivers other than the child's Mother will be excluded from the study.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Parent Learning Style 1	Responsive training with no video feedback	Mothers with Learning Style 1 will be randomly assigned to receive the responsive intervention with video feedback or without video feedback.
Learning Style 1 (Parent)	Responsive training with video feedback	Mothers with Learning Style 1 will be randomly assigned to receive the responsive intervention with video feedback or without video feedback.
Learning Style 2 (Parent)	Responsive training with no video feedback	Mothers with Learning Style 2 will be randomly assigned to receive the responsive intervention with video feedback or without video feedback.
Parent Learning Style 2	Responsive training with video feedback	Mothers with Learning Style 2 will be randomly assigned to receive the responsive intervention with video feedback or without video feedback.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent Use of Language Support Strategies (Mother-child interaction)	Two months after the start of the study	Mother use of intervention strategies will be measured by transcribing and coding mother behaviors during 12-minute parent-child interactions, using a standard set of toys. The primary dependent variable will be the amount of correct strategy used expressed as a percentage correct. This is the percentage of child communication to which the adult responds correctly (i.e., contingently and within 5 seconds).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI) (Child)	Two months after the start of the study	Parent report of child's expressive vocabulary and prelinguistic communication skills

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University; 🇺🇸 Evanston, Illinois, United States