Improving Services and Outcomes for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

NCT ID: NCT01800539

Last Updated: 2022-07-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-30

Brief Summary

Based on the need to characterize and improve early intervention services for minority and under-resourced children with ASD, this study translates a manualized and proven training model to examine its impact on the use of evidence-based practices (EBP) by early intervention providers, and to examine its relationship to child and family outcomes. By highlighting the impact of EBP-focused training on participating providers, children, and families, findings of the proposed study have the potential to effect significant change in the organization and delivery of early intervention services for minority and under-resourced children with ASD.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Provider Education Model (PEM)

condition wherein providers will receive specially structured training during their typical home visits based by Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) staff

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Provider Education Model (PEM)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Providers will be trained to use evidence-based practices for early intervention service delivery in the Autism Spectrum Disorder population.

Treatment-as-Usual (TAU)

condition wherein providers continue with their existing practices

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Provider Education Model (PEM)

Providers will be trained to use evidence-based practices for early intervention service delivery in the Autism Spectrum Disorder population.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Providers must be employed by an Infants and Toddlers Program; and
• Serve at least one eligible child with ASD

• Children must be between 12 months, 0 days and 35 months, 30 days of age at entry into the study;
• Children must meet criteria on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) for ASD or autism; and
• Caregiver and child must be available for all assessments

Exclusion Criteria

• Children will be excluded if they are in foster care or wards of the state
• Caregiver must be fluent in speaking and understanding the English language

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 42 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Rebecca Landa

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

Locations

Kennedy Krieger Institute

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

NA_00023642

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id