Mobilizing Community Systems to Engage Families in Early Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Detection & Services

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorder

In brief

This multisite study will compare the effectiveness of universal screening by 3 community service systems using Autism Navigator, a highly interactive web platform that includes an automated screening tool, information about autism for families, and a professional development course on the early signs of autism and effective evidence-based practice with extensive video footage to rapidly build the capacity for early detection. The investigators will also conduct a multisite pragmatic randomized clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an evidence-based Family Engagement Intervention compared to Autism Navigator Enhanced Practice implemented by the 3 community service systems with children who have a positive autism screen to increase the number of children who are screened, referred for evaluation, receive a diagnosis, and receive community-based EI between 18-27 months of age. This study will impact family engagement in community screening and diagnosis by demonstrating the effectiveness of brief manualized engagement interventions. Findings will advance science by providing researchers with a method for recruiting a community sample, allowing for research at younger ages, which could accelerate science.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02445105

Run by

Florida State University

People needed

10857

Starts

2015-12-01

Expected to finish

2021-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-07-13

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Community service providers will be recruited from the specific catchment areas of the 4 sites in Florida, Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania from 3 different community service systems:
• primary care including private, public, and military health care agencies and federally qualified health centers;
• federal programs including Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food and Nutrition Service, Early Head Start, and other social programs supporting low-income families; and
• the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) and other religious networks serving minorities.
• Children are screened between 9 and 18 months of age by these community service providers who have agreed to be in this study and their families.

Where it is running

• Florida State University — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Weill Cornell Medical College — White Plains, New York, United States
• Drexel University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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