NCT02574273|Completed
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interventional
106
1 country
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Study Start
October 2015
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
December 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
December 2018
Actual (reported)Several independent evaluations have supported the effectiveness of the Secret Agent Society (SAS) Program in improving the social-emotional functioning of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in clinic- (Beaumont \& Sofronoff, 2008; Tan, Mazzucchelli \& Beaumont, submitted), school-(Beaumont, Rotolone \& Sofronoff, in press; Einfeld et al., submitted) and remote Skype/telephone-assisted delivery contexts (Sofronoff, Silva \& Beaumont, in press).The present study aims to extend on the above literature by conducting a 6-month randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness, utility and acceptability (including cultural acceptability) of the Secret Agent Society (SAS) social-emotional skills training program. Specifically, the study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the SAS Program for 8-12 year-old children with social difficulties in the context of a range of diagnosed mental health conditions and/or developmental disorders, including anxiety disorders, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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December 2018
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October 2015
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
October 8, 2015
Actual (reported)October 12, 2015
Actual (reported)December 2018
Actual (reported)December 2018
Actual (reported)Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV-Child Version (ADIS)
Change in anxiety will be measured at these time points.
34 weeks. Wk 1, Wk 10, 3-month follow, and 6-month follow-up
The Secret Agent Society (SAS) Program is an intervention which involves subjects participating in 9 weekly two-hour therapy groups ('Club meetings') with 3 to 6 other children. The SAS intervention includes a number of components to help children apply the skills that they learn in the session to home. Parents will attend weekly parent support training sessions. 3 and 6 month booster sessions are conducted with both parents and children to help families with maintaining the skills that they have learned and to problem-solve new challenges that arise. Parent and child assessments will be completed at pre and post treatment (Wk 1 and Wk 10) and at 3-month and 6-month follow-up booster visits, for both parent and child participants.
Participants may be randomly allocated to the wait list control condition, where participants will receive treatment as usual during the 3 month period when the intervention group will participate in the SAS Program. The wait-list group will then be given the opportunity to participate in the SAS intervention at their treating clinic. The wait list control condition includes the treatment participants are already receiving (which may include but is not limited to: individual therapy, group therapy, and/or medication management). Therefore, the wait list control condition consists of treatment which is individually tailored for each participant. Parent and child assessments will be completed at pre and post treatment (Wk 1 and Wk 10) and at 3-month and 6-month follow-up booster visits.
The Secret Agent Society (SAS) intervention involves subjects participating in 9 weekly two-hour therapy groups ('Club meetings') with 3 to 6 other children. The SAS intervention includes a number of components to help children apply the skills that they learn in the session to home.
The wait list control condition includes the treatment participants are already receiving (which may include but is not limited to: individual therapy, group therapy, and/or medication management). Therefore, the wait list control condition consists of treatment which is individually tailored for each participant. Parent and child assessments will be completed at pre and post treatment (Wk 1 and Wk 10) and at 3-month and 6-month follow-up booster visits. The wait-list group will then be given the opportunity to participate in the SAS intervention at their treating clinic.
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
Butterworth TW, Hodge MA, Sofronoff K, Beaumont R, Gray KM, Roberts J, Horstead SK, Clarke KS, Howlin P, Taffe JR, Einfeld SL. Validation of the emotion regulation and social skills questionnaire for young people with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Jul;44(7):1535-45. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-2014-5.
Beaumont, R., Rotolone, C., & Sofronoff, K. (in press). The Secret Agent Society social skills program for children with a high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: A comparison of two brief versions for schools. Psychology in the Schools. Accepted May 2014.
Beaumont R, Sofronoff K. A multi-component social skills intervention for children with Asperger syndrome: the Junior Detective Training Program. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2008 Jul;49(7):743-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01920.x. Epub 2008 Jul 1.
Shannon Bennett, PhD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
106 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
October 8, 2015
First Posted
October 12, 2015
Study Start
October 2015
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Brain-Computer Interface-based Programme for the Treatment of ASD/ADHD
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Einfeld, S., Sofronoff, K., Gray, K., Roberts, J., Taffe, J., Clark, T., Costley, D., Redoblado Hodge, M.A., Horstead, S., Clarke, K., Beaumont, R., & Howlin, P. (2015). An evaluation of a social skills program for children with autism in specialist schools. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Pearson, R., Sofronoff, K., & Beaumont, R. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of the 'Secret Agent Society' social-emotional skills programme with typically developing children. Manuscript in preparation.
Sofronoff, K., Silva, J., & Beaumont, R. (2014). Parent delivery of the Secret Agent Society social-emotional skills training program for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. Accepted January 2015.
Tan, Y.L., Mazzucchelli, T.G., & Beaumont, R. (2015). An evaluation of individually delivered Secret Agent Society social skills program for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders: A pilot study. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Temkin AB, Beaumont R, Wkya K, Hariton JR, Flye BL, Sheridan E, Miranda A, Vela J, Zendegui E, Schild J, Gasparro S, Loubriel D, Damianides A, Weisman J, Silvestre A, Yadegar M, Catarozoli C, Bennett SM. Secret Agent Society: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Transdiagnostic Youth Social Skills Group Treatment. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2022 Sep;50(9):1107-1119. doi: 10.1007/s10802-022-00919-z. Epub 2022 Apr 20.
Primary Completion
December 2018
Actual (reported)Study Completion
December 2018
Actual (reported)Last Updated
July 30, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-07
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