Training Educators to Conduct Functional Behavior Assessment Via Telehealth

NCT03079765 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 16-1691
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effects of delivering training services via telehealth to educators in rural schools. The investigators hope to increase the accuracy with which educators implement functional behavior assessments in schools. During the study, participants will receive training on functional behavior assessments at different periods. When one school is receiving training, other schools will not be receiving training. The purpose will be to show increased accuracy of functional behavior assessments only occur following training.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Keywords

Telehealth; Functional behavior assessment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Increased functional behavior assessment procedural fidelity

  Will measure percentage of components of each assessment correctly implemented.

  1 hour

Study Arms (2)

Baseline

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be given a written protocol for conducting the relevant assessment procedure (e.g., open-ended interview).

Behavioral: Protocol Only

Telehealth Treatment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will receive feedback and error correction on their implementation of the relevant assessment procedure to improve their performance.

Behavioral: Behavioral skills training; Behavioral: Protocol Only

Interventions

Behavioral skills training BEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive feedback and error correction on their implementation of the assessment procedures. Feedback will take the form of the experimenter pointing out components of the assessment that are not being conducted accurately and error correction will take the form of the experimenter reviewing the correct way to implement that component of the assessment.

Telehealth Treatment

Protocol Only BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be given a written protocol describing how to conduct the target assessment procedure.

Baseline; Telehealth Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Must be an educator who conducts functional behavior assessment.
• Must be training to become a registered behavior technician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Denver: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Patrick Romani, Ph.D.

  University of Colorado, Denver

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2017
• First Posted: March 14, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: May 31, 2019
• Study Completion: May 31, 2019
• Last Updated: March 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)