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Study of Peer Relationships at School - NCT01011764- (Clinical Trial 400562)
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Seattle |
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Autism |
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The goal of this study is to compare the effects of two separate, manualized group
interventions designed to improve social outcomes for young children with autism. The first
type of group intervention utilizes a social skill curriculum delivered to a small group of
children with autism at their school. This type of group will be referred to as the Skills
group (SKILLS intervention). The other intervention delivers a social engagement curriculum
at the children's school site and includes children with autism and typically developing
peers, from the same school. This type of group will be referred to as the School
Engagement Group (ENGAGE intervention).
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Once families have decided to join the study, and have completed the informed consent
process using the "Social Skills Club - Parent Consent", and once we obtain letters of
agreement from participating elementary schools, children with ASD will be randomly assigned
to one of two intervention conditions, SKILLS or ENGAGE, led by two trained doctoral
students. Since children will be randomized to either the SKILLS or the ENGAGE group, we are
hoping to determine the active ingredients for successfully integrating children with
autism. For both the SKILLS and the ENGAGE groups, all interventions and observations of
children will take place in the target child's school. Thus, upon admission to the project,
research personnel will attend the participant's classroom at school, and distribute consent
forms titled "Peer Relationships at School - Classroom Parent Consent" to all children in
the class. The consenting process should be no more than ten minutes. For those children
that return informed consent from their parents, as well as offer assent on the "Children's
Classroom Assent" to join to the project, social network measures (including brief
demographic information), as well as friendship surveys (Friendships Qualities Scale; FQS),
and an emotion measure (loneliness questionnaire) will be distributed at pre-intervention
(baseline), post-intervention, and follow-up time points. These measures will take
approximately 30-40 minutes per each time point. Graduate students will administer the
measures and will make every effort to do so at a convenient time for the teacher and for
the classroom to avoid utilizing instructional time. In addition, the efficacy of the
treatment interventions will be assessed with ongoing direct behavioral observations at
entry, twice during treatment, at exit, and at the 2-month follow-up. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Children are between the ages of 7 and 12 years in grades 2-5.
- Children have a clinical diagnosis of autism or PDD-NOS, and/or meet criteria on the
ADOS for ASD or autism.
- Children have an IQ of 70 or above
- Children are fully included in a typical classroom for 80% or more of the school day
- Children are expected to stay in the school or the classroom for the duration of the
study.
- Families with low SES and/or from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children must not have additional diagnoses or sensory or motor impairments. |
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA
United States
Primary Contact:
Bryan King, Ph.D.
Email: Bhking@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-987-4080
Secondary Contact:
Connie Kasari, Ph.D.
Email: kasari@gseis.ucla.edu
Phone: 310-825-8342 |
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March 16, 2010 |
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