Milieu Teaching-AV (MT-AV Pilot): A Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility of an Adaptation of Milieu Teaching for Infant Siblings of Autistic Children That Encourages Looking to the Mouth
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 入组人数
- 8
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Caregiver strategy use
研究概览
简要总结
This project will look at whether a novel approach to language intervention that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be diagnosed with autism or developmental language disorder (DLD). This study will specifically look at (a) whether caregivers find this approach to be easy to implement in their homes, (b) whether they find this approach to be acceptable, and (c) whether caregivers use the taught strategies in interactions with their infants.
详细描述
This project will test the feasibility and acceptability of a novel approach to language intervention based on Milieu Teaching (Milieu Teaching-AV) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues for infants with autistic older siblings (Sibs-autism), who are highly likely be diagnosed with autism or developmental language disorder (DLD). The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
- Can caregivers be trained in Milieu Teaching-AV, such that they are using the trained strategies in play with their infant children?
- Do caregivers find these procedures to be acceptable and feasible to use in their everyday life.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Outcome assessors will be naive to the phase of treatment and the hypotheses. Additionally, there will be at least one naive member of the study team that can decide when to implement phase changes.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Months 至 12 Months（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •an older sibling with an autism diagnosis, confirmed by either (a) a detailed developmental interview and administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule or (b) by record review
- •monolingual English-speaking household
排除标准
- •adverse neurological history
- •known genetic condition
- •pre-term birth (gestation < 37 weeks)
- •caregiver report of a diagnosed vision impairment or hearing loss
结局指标
主要结局
Caregiver strategy use
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of the treatment (i.e., all baseline and treatment sessions, up to 20 weeks)
Proportion of milieu teaching trials during a caregiver-child free play session wherein the caregiver moves the referent of the child's lead towards the mouth
次要结局
- Caregiver attitudes on the feasibility of Milieu Teaching-AV - Quantitative(At the conclusion of the treatment (i.e., following all intervention sessions; up to 20 weeks))
- Caregiver attitudes on the acceptability of Milieu Teaching-AV - Quantitative(At the conclusion of the treatment (i.e., following all intervention sessions; up to 20 weeks))
- Caregiver attitudes on the acceptability of Milieu Teaching-AV - Qualitative(At the conclusion of the treatment (i.e., following all intervention sessions; up to 20 weeks))
- Caregiver attitudes on the feasibility of Milieu Teaching-AV - Qualitative(At the conclusion of the treatment (i.e., following all intervention sessions; up to 20 weeks))
研究者
Jacob I Feldman, PhD, CCC-SLP
Postdoctoral Fellow
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home