Trial of Autism Parent Navigator Program

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Peer mentoring; Behavioral: Autism Parent Navigators

• Registration Number: NCT04744428
• Lead Sponsor: Penn State University

Brief Summary

To address the dual needs of parents for support in navigating Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) services and maintaining positive family functioning, the investigators propose to test Autism Parent Navigators (APN), an innovative in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-09
• Study Start: 2021-03-25
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-07
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

• Parents of children who have been newly diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
• The child will be age 2-6 years and been diagnosed with ASD in the past four months.
• The child is the first child in the family to be diagnosed with ASD.
• Parents are not already involved in a parent mentoring relationship.
• Parents are currently involved in a couple relationship, including same-sex partners, dating couples, adoptive parents and step-parent families.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Peer mentoring	Peer mentoring	Peer mentors will offer an equivalent number of in-home or telephone visits for families, providing non-manualized peer support.
Autism Parent Navigators Intervention	Autism Parent Navigators	Autism Parent Navigators Intervention is a manualized, in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CES-Depression	12 month	Parent depression
Weekly Count of Service Navigation Behaviors	12 month	Engagement with ASD-related Services
Parenting Scale (Arnold)	12 month	Parenting consistency, warmth

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PDD-BI	12 month	Challenging Child Behaviors: Aggression, Non-compliance
Coparenting Relationship Scale (Feinberg, Brown, & Kan, 2012)	12 month	Coparenting Support
Family Empowerment Scale - FES	12 month	Parent Efficacy regarding Service Access

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

USC; 🇺🇸 Columbia, South Carolina, United States