Feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of an Aotearoa-specific early autism support programme for autistic children and their whanau/families.

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington0 sites10 target enrollmentAugust 29, 2023

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 29, 2023

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

•Whanau/family will be eligible to participate in the pilot study of the early autism support programme if:
•1\.The child is aged between 1 and 5 years 11 months at the start of the programme (week 1 of receiving the support),
•2\.The child is showing signs of autism/social communication differences on the Social Attention and Communication Surveillance Tool \- Revised (SACS\-R; Barbaro et al., 2022\) or has a clinical diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder,
•3\.The child does not have a genetic condition which is associated with autism\-like” characteristics (e.g., Rett Syndrome, Fragile X, 22q deletion),
•4\.Each participating whanau/family member can commit to one, 45\-minute to 1\-hour long, session per week for 9 weeks, including alternating fortnightly home\-based sessions with the child present, and fortnightly sessions without the child present either at home, in a clinic, or via Zoom.
•5\.The primary whanau/family member speaks sufficient English to understand the requirements of the study and to participate in the coaching sessions.
•6\.The primary whanau/family member intends to remain in Wellington for the duration of the pilot study (11\-weeks)