A Multi-dimensional Program for Parents of Adolescents With High-functioning Autism

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: "Parentship"- a multi dimensional intervention program to improve parental resilience

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03361787

0269-17-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the initial efficacy of a multi-dimensional coaching intervention ("Parentship") for parents of adolescents with High Functioning Autism (HFASD).

The "Parentship" protocol is a short-term intervention program in occupational therapy that aims to promote parental resilience and enhance adolescents' participation in daily life.

Full description

"Parentship" is a structured occupational therapy intervention for promoting parental resilience and enhance adolescents' participation in daily life The Parentship protocol uses OPC (Graham & Rodger, 2010) as the primary treatment approach. Its primary goal is to lead parents into recognition and understanding of their adolescent's multi-dimensional personal profile that includes sensorimotor, cognitive-behavioral, and social-communicative and personal factors, as required by the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) model (WHO, 2007).

The intervention will be administered by occupational therapists on an individual (or both parents) basis, once a week, over 3-4 months.

10-15 families will be recruited through community advertising. Data will be collected at the onset and completion of the intervention. Data will be analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods.

Adverse events, if occur, will be reported to supervising neurologist and the Helsinki Committee.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASD diagnosed by certified medical practitioner
• parent report regarding barriers to occupational performance/participation
• SP2 or BRIEF-Parent or SSIS scores reflecting at least 1 SD from typical

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnoses of severe neurological or psychiatric health condition.
• Instability in pharmacological treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Parentship coaching intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: "Parentship"- a multi dimensional intervention program to improve parental resilience