Building Social Skills With Interdisciplinary Process Drama in ASD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autistic Disorder

In brief

This is a one group pre-post feasibility study of an interdisciplinary (theatre, Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech Language Pathology (SLP)) intervention targeted at social skill development in children, aged 3-4. The intervention uses process drama modified with OT and SLP techniques and using typically developing peer models . Feasibility outcomes are recruitment rates, retention rates, daily program records of ease of implementing the program, and record of modifications needed. Child primary outcomes are Social Skills Improvement Scale (SSIS) and the Theory of Mind (ToM) Battery and Inventory within 4 weeks of program end. Secondary outcomes will be the Structured Play Assessment (SPA) within 4 weeks post-intervention, observations of social interactions (e.g.,eye contract, joint attention, verbal utterances, physical contact) during intervention sessions, brain activity in frontal and temporal/parietal areas during ToM tasks measured by high density EEG within 4 weeks of program end, and parental interview at 3 months related to child's social skills.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03536351
Run by
University of Utah
People needed
15
Starts
2018-07-01
Expected to finish
2019-01-15
Last updated by the study team
2020-08-19

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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