Social Motivation Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Improving Peer Initiation

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2020-11-05

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a social initiation motivation intervention (SIMI) focused on training children with ASD to initiate to peers during structured play activities will result in more frequent initiations to typically developing peers during free play. The SIMI approach under investigation uses behavioral strategies based in Applied Behavior Analysis and Pivotal Response Treatment to motivate children with ASD to initiate to peers. Children with ASD will be randomly assigned to either the SIMI or a waiting list. Treatment will be provided for 8 weeks in the context of a weekly social skills group.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Wait List

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Social Initiation Motivation Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Social Initiation Motivation Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The SIMI approach under investigation uses behavioral strategies based in Applied Behavior Analysis and Pivotal Response Treatment to motivate children with ASD to initiate to peers. The adult arranges the play environment in order to promote cooperation and facilitates frequent prompting and reinforcement from peers, thereby enhancing the reward value of peer interactions.

Interventions

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Social Initiation Motivation Intervention

The SIMI approach under investigation uses behavioral strategies based in Applied Behavior Analysis and Pivotal Response Treatment to motivate children with ASD to initiate to peers. The adult arranges the play environment in order to promote cooperation and facilitates frequent prompting and reinforcement from peers, thereby enhancing the reward value of peer interactions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Pivotal Response Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. age 4.0 to 6.11 years;
2. diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
3. without intellectual disability
4. stable community treatments four weeks before and throughout the trial.