Parental Insightfulness and the Acquisition of Social Skills in Children With ASD.

NCT05029375 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 205698
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 85
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Parental Insightfulness (PI), promotes the development of the child's socio-emotional competence and her ability to have productive and sustaining relationships. PI is even more central in the case of young children with ASD, who struggle to socially communicate their needs and their mental and emotional states. PI's effects on the child's peer-interaction have not been tested and Since parents play a central role in intervention programs for their children with ASD, examining modifiable parent factors as mediators and moderators of treatment effectiveness could contribute to this line of research. The proposed study aims to test how pre intervention PI and intervention-related changes in PI affect parents' ability to support their children in the acquisition of peer-interaction skills. Using the PEERS for Preschoolers (P4P) program, the study will examine the effect of PI and parental involvement in a social skills intervention on children's acquisition and maintenance of social skills.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Keywords

Autism, Random Clinical Trial, parental insightfulness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Behavioral peer interaction measurement

  The interaction will be videotaped and microanalytically coded for frequency and duration of child behaviors, using a designated computerized system

  Immediate post intervention assessment

• Insightfulness Assessment

  IA (Insightfulness Assessment) transcripts are scored on ten 9-point rating scales The IA (Insightfulness Assessment) provides a classification of the parent's insightfulness as either established (i.e., positively insightful) or emerging (i.e., non-insightful)

  Immediate post intervention assessment

• Behavioral peer interaction measurement

  The interaction will be videotaped and microanalytically coded for frequency and duration of child behaviors, using a designated computerized system

  10 weeks post intervention (follow up) assessment

• Insightfulness Assessment

  IA (InsightfulneIA (Insightfulness Assessment) transcripts are scored on ten 9-point rating scales ss Assessment) transcripts are scored on ten 9-point rating scales

  10 weeks post intervention (follow up) assessment

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Social Responsiveness Scale-second edition (Constantino & Gruber, 2012)

  Immediate post intervention assessment

• Social Responsiveness Scale-second edition (Constantino & Gruber, 2012)

  10 weeks post intervention (follow up) assessment

• The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS; Gresham & Elliott, 2008)

  Immediate post intervention assessment

• The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS; Gresham & Elliott, 2008)

  10 weeks post intervention (follow up) assessment

• Quality of Play Questionnaire (QPQ; Frankel & Mintz, 2011).

  Immediate post intervention assessment

Study Arms (2)

immediate parental involvement

EXPERIMENTAL

Parental involvement in training is parallel to children's training

Behavioral: PEERS® for Preschoolers

delayed parental involvement

EXPERIMENTAL

Parental involvement in training will be given at the end of the children's training

Behavioral: PEERS® for Preschoolers

Interventions

PEERS® for Preschoolers BEHAVIORAL

P4P is a 16-week manualized social skills treatment program, adapted from an existing empirically supported social skills intervention for young children with autism

Also known as: P4P

delayed parental involvement; immediate parental involvement

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Clinical diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder
• no cooccurring intellectual impairment

You may not qualify if:

• severe behavioral problems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bar-Ilan University, Israel: lead
• Israel Science Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Bar-Ilan University

Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Ofer Golan, Phd

  Bar Ilan Univercity

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Liron Oliver Aronson, M.A

CONTACT

972 03-531-7941; liron.oliver@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: two parallel intervention groups differing in parental involvement

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2021
• First Posted: August 31, 2021
• Study Start: August 28, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2023
• Study Completion: October 1, 2023
• Last Updated: March 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-03

Locations

IL (1)