Effectiveness of Early Intervention in an Underserved Population

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorders

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the applicability of a caregiver-implemented autism intervention protocol to a deliberately recruited low-income, underserved population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01250938

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

44

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-05-10

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• caregiver(s) with less than a 4-year college degree
• family income equal to or below 2x the federal poverty line
• English as the predominantly-spoken language.
• child received diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder before treatment
• child is between 24 and 42 months at the start of treatment
• child has normal hearing and adequate motor control to make simple actions (giving, reaching)
• family agrees to 2-4 weeks of weekly 1-hour observations, 3 months of 2 intervention sessions per week, and 3 months of 1 intervention session per month.
• family agrees to pre-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up evaluation and videotaping of intervention sessions and weekly video check during the treatment.

You may not qualify if…

• Must meet eligibility requirements stated above.

Where it is running

• Florida State University — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
• Weill Cornell Medical College — White Plains, New York, United States

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