Parent Language Intervention for Autism

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Conditions studied: Autism

In brief

Improving social communication outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has important public health implications. The proposed research is a randomized controlled trial of 108 children with ASD that examines how specific parent characteristics influence outcomes of two different parent-mediated language interventions. Evaluating effective language intervention strategies for children with ASD supports NIDCD's mission of behavioral research aimed to remediate the disordered process of language development in children with ASD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02632773

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

108

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-16

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Child inclusion criteria include:
• diagnosis of ASD based on ADOS
• chronological age of less than 48 months
• a parent who is willing to learn intervention strategies
• English as the primary language spoken in the home
• Parent Inclusion Criteria Include:
• Mother

You may not qualify if…

• Children or parents with additional impairments (e.g., blindness, deafness, genetic syndromes) will be excluded from the study.
• Fathers or caregivers other than the child's Mother will be excluded from the study.

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Evanston, Illinois, United States

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