Building Better Bridges Randomized Control Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autism Spectrum Disorder

In brief

In this study, the investigators will randomize 20 families per site (across 4 sites) to be in the BBB Transition Passport Only Group or BBB Intervention Group. Both groups will receive the BBB Transition Passport, which include the Transition Checklist, Student Snapshot, Parent/Caregiver Guide, and Student Guide. In addition to receiving the Transition Passport, the BBB Intervention Group will also receive coaching support to implement these resources. This coaching will include a member of the research team assigned as a coach for each family. This coach will introduce the resources to the family, briefly teach them fundamental information about the transition process, provide brief coaching phone calls, and guide parents in using the tools and requesting help from the child's provider(s). The investigators will be testing the differences between these two groups in terms of: 1) quality of the transition as reported by the parent and teacher, 2) self-efficacy of the parent during the transition process, 3) child school engagement and behavior during the transition as rated by the teacher and parent, and 4) the quality of the child's team to communicate about information important to the child's transition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03445520

Run by

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

People needed

375

Starts

2018-03-15

Expected to finish

2020-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2022-02-09

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Children:
• Transitioning into kindergarten or secondary school (middle/high school)
• Parent-rated SCQ total score > 15 and AT LEAST one of the following:
• Positive ADOS-2 administered by research-reliable study personnel
• Expert medical diagnosis or educational classification of ASD
• Under-resourced, defined by:
• Attending or transitioning into a Title I school (a school that receives federal funding to improve the performance of economically disadvantaged students)or rural school
• Family income is under 250% of the federal guidelines for poverty rate (i.e., meets federal requirements to qualify for free or reduced lunch)
• Parent/Caregiver willing to participate
• (Site PIs may request eligibility review by PIs across all AIR-B sites if a school is not Title I or rural but is demonstrably low-resource)
• Adults:
• Must be a parent/caregiver of a child who meets criteria above
• Must be a provider/teacher/school administrator or other adult involved in either the pre-transition process or the post transition process for a participating child.

You may not qualify if…

• Children:
• Not transitioning into kindergarten or secondary school
• No ASD diagnosis
• Not meeting study criteria for classification as under-resourced
• Parent/Caregiver unwilling to participate
• Adults:
• Not a parent/guardian of a child with ASD
• Not part of a participating child with ASD's pre or post transition team

Where it is running

• UC Davis — Davis, California, United States
• University of Rochester — Rochester, New York, United States
• UPENN — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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