Schema, Emotion, and Behavior Therapy for Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorder

In brief

The study is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) relative to a standard community treatment, in youngsters with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The individual CBT program has been tailored over the last five years to the clinical needs of high-functioning youth with ASD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01784263

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

70

Starts

2012-03-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-07

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Meets research criteria for a diagnosis of autism, based on child scores on the ADI-R and ADOS tests.
• If taking medication, have maintained a stable dose for 1 month prior to baseline assessment.
• Between the ages of 9-13 years.
• The child's teacher consents to participate in the study to play a modest role in helping implement the intervention and facilitate the school observation assessment.

You may not qualify if…

• IQ less than 85.
• The child starts taking new medication(s) or current medication dose changes either (a) less than 1 month prior to the diagnostic evaluation, or (b) during the study period.
• The child is participating in an intensive early intervention program for autism such as applied behavior analysis or floortime.
• For any reason the child or parents appear unable to participate in the treatment program.

Where it is running

• Jeffrey Wood — Los Angeles, California, United States

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