Effect of Parenting With Positive Interven on Comm Inclusion for Military Connected and Dependents With Autism

NCT ID: NCT05580432

Last Updated: 2024-08-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 16 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-02-09
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-20

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to find out if a training program for parents with military dependent or connected children with autism (ASD) who have challenging behavior will help those children and their families participate in more community activities. The training program, called Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions, may help military parents learn new tools that will help their children with autism and challenging behavior attend community activities more easily.

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to either immediately receive the Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions or you will be asked to wait in a control condition for six months and then receive the same intervention. Participants have an equal chance of being assigned to any one of the groups (get the treatment immediately or wait 6 months) but will be given a chance to receive the intervention regardless within 6 months.

In this study, participants will be asked to do the following things:

1. Attend (virtually or in-person) a one-hour monthly training about behavior interventions for children with autism.

2. Participate in two 60- minutes sessions with a behavior coach (virtually or in-person) each month to talk about a community goal they want to complete with their child.

3. Attend an optional 60-minute meeting with other research participates each month to talk about their experience learning how to manage their child's behavior.

4. Work with a researcher to fill out a series of questionnaires 3 times during the study. These questionnaires will ask about participants, their child's challenging behaviors, stress related to community activities with their child, and how often they participate in community activities with their child with autism and challenging behavior.

Conditions

Autism

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Immediate behavioral intervention

Participants will receive the intervention immediately

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions is a 5 month packaged intervention. The curriculum and each element of the training and coaching program is described in detail below.

Each month, participants will participate in the following five activities:

1. Didactic Training: Participants will view a presentation

2. Workbook/Homework: Participants will complete a guided worksheet

3. Coaching Meeting - Planning: Participants will meet with a coach who is an expert in autism and behavior

4. Coaching - Observation/ Feedback: The coach will observe parent implementing the strategy, then provide feedback and direction regarding use of technique

5. Virtual Parent Community of Support Meeting: Attend parent led community support meeting to network, share experiences and information, and exchange ideas

Delayed behavioral intervention

Participant will receive the intervention after a 12 month delay

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions is a 5 month packaged intervention. The curriculum and each element of the training and coaching program is described in detail below.

Each month, participants will participate in the following five activities:

1. Didactic Training: Participants will view a presentation

2. Workbook/Homework: Participants will complete a guided worksheet

3. Coaching Meeting - Planning: Participants will meet with a coach who is an expert in autism and behavior

4. Coaching - Observation/ Feedback: The coach will observe parent implementing the strategy, then provide feedback and direction regarding use of technique

5. Virtual Parent Community of Support Meeting: Attend parent led community support meeting to network, share experiences and information, and exchange ideas

Interventions

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions

Parenting with Positive Behavior Interventions is a 5 month packaged intervention. The curriculum and each element of the training and coaching program is described in detail below.

Each month, participants will participate in the following five activities:

1. Didactic Training: Participants will view a presentation

2. Workbook/Homework: Participants will complete a guided worksheet

3. Coaching Meeting - Planning: Participants will meet with a coach who is an expert in autism and behavior

4. Coaching - Observation/ Feedback: The coach will observe parent implementing the strategy, then provide feedback and direction regarding use of technique

5. Virtual Parent Community of Support Meeting: Attend parent led community support meeting to network, share experiences and information, and exchange ideas

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Be older than 18 years

2. a. Serve or be the partner of a person who serves (or served, in the case of a deceased member) in the military(active duty, retired, medically discharged, deceased or on reserves) b. Be connected to the military (works as a civilian on base, works as a federal employee to provide services on base, provides services to the military, or is a contractor with the military OR has an immediate family member other than the parent who lives with the child and is active duty, retired, medically discharged, deceased or on reserves)

3. Be the parent of a child with ASD who is between the ages of 5 - 11

4. Be able to provide consent to participate

1. Be a military dependent child (a military dependent child is a child with a parent, step-parent or guardian who is currently serving in, retired or medically discharged from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or the National Guard on active duty or reserves or a parent or guardian died in service of one of the branches of military listed above.)

2. Be a military connected child (a child whose parent works as a civilian on base, works as a federal employee to provide services on base, provides services to the military, or is a contractor with the military OR a child who has an immediate family member other than the parent who lives with the child and is active duty, retired, medically discharged, deceased or on reserves)

3. Have a medically diagnosed and/or educational eligibility label of autism, autism spectrum disorder, or any other condition associated with autism

4. Display challenging behavior at home or in the community.

5. Be between the ages of 5 - 11

Exclusion Criteria

1. Be unwilling or unable to consent to participate

2. Be unwilling or unable to provide consent for their child with ASD to participate

3. Be unwilling or unable to participate in the intervention

1. Not living with the parent who is participating in the intervention

2. Hospitalized or in residential treatment outside of the parent's home

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Lauren Avellone, PhD, BCBA, LBA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HM20025356

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id