Expediting Enrollment Into Autism-specific Intervention for Black Toddlers: A Telehealth-based Family Navigation Approach
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Enrollment
- 33
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Time to initiation of autism specific intervention
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 9 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether telehealth-based Family Navigation (FN) expedites enrollment (e.g., reduces time in days) in community-based autism intervention for Black toddlers under the age of 4 after their initial diagnosis of autism.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does Family Navigation decrease the time to initiation of intervention for Black toddlers with autism?
Does Family Navigation improve developmental outcomes at 18 months post-diagnosis of autism?
Does Family Navigation improve caregiver well-being?
Caregivers in the Family Navigation condition will receive 4 research-based individual sessions with a trained navigator to support them in identifying and enrolling in recommended autism early intervention services. All navigation sessions will be delivered virtually via phone/Zoom.
Researchers will compare participants who receive family navigation to participants who receive the standard of care (educational materials) to see if family navigation outperforms the standard of care.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Children up to 48 months who have a new diagnosis of autism, or who are waiting for a diagnosis of autism AND their caregiver.
- •Live in Georgia or North Carolina
- •Caregiver must be over the age of 18
- •Their child with autism must identify as Black/African-American
- •Speak conversationally fluent English.
Exclusion Criteria
- •No access to a telephone or internet connection for phone calls or video conferencing.
- •Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is ruled out in the child.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Time to initiation of autism specific intervention
Time Frame: From enrollment to 6 months post.
The date of initiation (date 1) of autism-specific intervention will be the date that families report the first session with a therapist following the diagnosis (date 2). Time will be calculated as the number of days elapsed between these two dates (date 2 - date 1).
Secondary Outcomes
- Caregiver Well-Being Score(6 months post enrollment)
- Child's Developmental Functioning Score(18 months post enrollment)
- Child's Adaptive Functioning Score(18 months post enrollment)
- Appropriateness of Intervention Score(6 months after enrollment)
- Feasibility of Intervention Score(6 months after enrollment)
- Acceptability of Intervention Score(6 months after enrollment)