Clinicianless Training in Autism Treatment: An Adaptive Online Parent Education Program
NCT ID: NCT04992169
Last Updated: 2023-12-07
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
48 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-08-23
2023-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This proposed project focuses on the Department of Defense Autism Research Program - Clinical Translational Research Award Area of Interests focused on Dissemination/Implementation of Clinically Validated Interventions and Behavioral Therapies for ASD Core Symptoms. These areas focus on effective strategies for taking what works (in this case, highly effective autism treatments shown to improve social communication and motivation in children with autism) and spreading or distributing these treatments so that they can benefit a much larger portion of the population. This is important, because a highly effective treatment is of little use if only people in a few areas can benefit from its effect, while the rest of the nation continues to use outdated, less effective strategies.
To accomplish the goal of distributing a highly effective intervention to the general public, this proposed study will take advantage of the wide-spread use of smartphones nationwide. This study proposes to develop and evaluate smartphone apps as a way to train parents of young children with ASD in an autism treatment model known as Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT). Families will be recruited nationwide to participate in this trial.
Pivotal Response Treatment is a well-known, scientifically supported treatment that focuses on using child motivation, play-based lessons, and parent involvement to target the language skills and social engagement of children with ASD. The core smartphone app will offer eight interactive lessons in PRT, consisting of video examples, slides, and brief quizzes. After each lesson, parents will be asked to record a brief video of themselves using PRT with their child, which is submitted within the app to the research team so that they can monitor their mastery of the strategies over time. The investigators will also ask parents to complete autism-related and developmental surveys before and after participation so that the research team can monitor how their child is improving.
Ultimately, the objective of this trial is to develop and test smartphone apps to deliver a highly effective autism intervention to families nationwide. The use of this technology will ensure that families can access gold standard autism treatment regardless of their geographic location, work schedules, or financial background. If successful, the investigators plan to conduct an even larger nationwide study and ultimately make the app available in smartphone app stores so that families everywhere can train themselves in this treatment approach.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Smartphone App with Video Self-Scoring Functionality
In this condition, after parents video-record their delivery of the intervention, they watch their video and are taught to score their own performance/fidelity through question prompts built into the app. When they are finished, the app will offer feedback and follow-up lessons based on the PRT strategies they have not demonstrated consistently.
Smartphone-App Parent Training in Pivotal Response Treatment
Parents are trained in Pivotal Response Treatment, Pivotal Response Treatment is a well-known, scientifically supported treatment that focuses on using child motivation, play-based lessons, and parent involvement to target the language skills and social engagement of children with autism. The core smartphone app will offer eight interactive lessons in PRT, consisting of video examples, slides, and brief quizzes.
Smartphone App without Video Self-Scoring Functionality
In this condition, after parents video-record their delivery of the intervention, they watch their own video but do not score their performance.
Smartphone-App Parent Training in Pivotal Response Treatment
Parents are trained in Pivotal Response Treatment, Pivotal Response Treatment is a well-known, scientifically supported treatment that focuses on using child motivation, play-based lessons, and parent involvement to target the language skills and social engagement of children with autism. The core smartphone app will offer eight interactive lessons in PRT, consisting of video examples, slides, and brief quizzes.
Interventions
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Smartphone-App Parent Training in Pivotal Response Treatment
Parents are trained in Pivotal Response Treatment, Pivotal Response Treatment is a well-known, scientifically supported treatment that focuses on using child motivation, play-based lessons, and parent involvement to target the language skills and social engagement of children with autism. The core smartphone app will offer eight interactive lessons in PRT, consisting of video examples, slides, and brief quizzes.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Parent endorsements of significant language delay
* Between the ages of 1.0 and 4.5 years (12 and 54 months)
* Parents willing to complete intake and follow-up assessments, complete the eight weekly PRT lessons, record and submit parent-child PRT videos, and review these videos on a weekly basis.
* Access to an internet connection and an iOS smartphone or tablet that can supports the app and records video.
Exclusion Criteria
* Non-English speaking
* Prior parent training in PRT or similar Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention
12 Months
54 Months
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of California, Santa Barbara
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ty Vernon
Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Ty Vernon
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, Santa Barbara
Locations
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol
Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan
Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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24-21-0034
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id