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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
29 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-06-30
2016-02-11
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Caregiver of Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Caregivers attending eight weekly sessions of Cognitive Based Compassion Training Sessions and Meditation.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Attention and Stability of Mind
Completed at Week 1. Initial meditation exercises will be described and practiced to train attention skills (on breath) and create mental stability.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Insight into the Nature of Mental Experience
Completed at Week 2. Exercises to develop mindfulness will continue in order to promote mental stability and clarity.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Self-compassion
Completed at Week 3: Techniques to analyze mental processes are introduced.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Equanimity
Completed at Week 4. Further analysis of mental processes.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Appreciation and Gratitude for Others
Completed at Week 5. A reflection of all the things that bring us well-being are provided by or dependent upon other beings is encouraged.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Affection and Empathy
Completed at Week 6. The following concepts are presented and carefully considered: (1) cooperation and solidarity is essential for our survival and flourishing, as we are all extremely vulnerable and need each other; (2) hate and selfishness only cause suffering to others and ourselves and can only be prevented by cultivating sincere affection for others.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Wishing and Aspiring Compassion
Completed at Week 7. Participants are invited to deepen their reflection on the reasons for gratitude, empathy, and affection for others, and see how they lead to feelings of compassion, or the wish for others to be free from suffering.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Active Compassion
Completed at Week 8. The strategies used until this point will be reviewed in order to move from the wish for others to be free of suffering, toward the sense that we want to and must take steps to relieve their suffering.
Meditation Session
20 minute session completed weekly after the Cognitive Training Session
Interventions
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Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Attention and Stability of Mind
Completed at Week 1. Initial meditation exercises will be described and practiced to train attention skills (on breath) and create mental stability.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Insight into the Nature of Mental Experience
Completed at Week 2. Exercises to develop mindfulness will continue in order to promote mental stability and clarity.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Self-compassion
Completed at Week 3: Techniques to analyze mental processes are introduced.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Cultivating Equanimity
Completed at Week 4. Further analysis of mental processes.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Appreciation and Gratitude for Others
Completed at Week 5. A reflection of all the things that bring us well-being are provided by or dependent upon other beings is encouraged.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Developing Affection and Empathy
Completed at Week 6. The following concepts are presented and carefully considered: (1) cooperation and solidarity is essential for our survival and flourishing, as we are all extremely vulnerable and need each other; (2) hate and selfishness only cause suffering to others and ourselves and can only be prevented by cultivating sincere affection for others.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Wishing and Aspiring Compassion
Completed at Week 7. Participants are invited to deepen their reflection on the reasons for gratitude, empathy, and affection for others, and see how they lead to feelings of compassion, or the wish for others to be free from suffering.
Cognitive Based Compassion Training Session: Realizing Active Compassion
Completed at Week 8. The strategies used until this point will be reviewed in order to move from the wish for others to be free of suffering, toward the sense that we want to and must take steps to relieve their suffering.
Meditation Session
20 minute session completed weekly after the Cognitive Training Session
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Spend significant amount of time (more than 10 hours/week) with children with special needs.
Exclusion Criteria
* Had any changes in any psychotropic medication doses taken within one year.
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Emory University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Samuel Fernandez-Carriba
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Samuel Fernandez-Carriba, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Emory University Assistant Professor
Locations
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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IRB00074454
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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