Social Skills and Anxiety Reduction Treatment for Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Autistic Disorder, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
In brief
This study will develop and test a treatment aimed at reducing anxiety in social situations for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00926471
- Run by
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2008-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-11-07
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of autism, Asperger's syndrome, or pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), as determined by clinical interview and supported by the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
- Has completed assessment of brief verbal intelligence quotient (IQ), with a score of 70 or higher on the Weschler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)
- Symptoms of anxiety, defined as a clinical severity rating of 4 or higher on one of the following sections of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children (ADIS-C) and parents (ADIS-P): generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia, specific phobia, agoraphobia, or separation anxiety disorder
- If on psychiatric medication, on stable dose for 4 weeks prior to baseline assessment with no planned changes to medication for anxiety
You may not qualify if…
- Psychopathology that warrants a different type of immediate clinical care
- Severe aggression, as determined by clinical judgment
- Mental retardation, as reported by parents or in previous psychoeducational testing supplied by parents
- Child and family currently in therapy
Where it is running
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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