A Study of a Developmental,Individual-Difference,Relationship-Bases/Floortime Intervention for Children With Autistic (DIR)

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: DIR/Floortime parent intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00954213

206/2551(EC1)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Thirty eight autistic spectrum disorder children age 2-6 years recruited into the study. The new treatment intervention is based on the DIR Model. Parents will be coached at the start and then every 3-4 months for 1 year. Outcome will be measured at the first session and at the end of the study using Functional Emotional Assessment Scale and Childhood Autism Rating Scales, Functional Emotional Level, and parent satisfaction rating.

Hypothesis of the study: Children who get additional treatment of DIR/floortime show much improvement in climbing the developmental "ladder" and declining in the autistic behaviors.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical criteria for Autistic Disorders according to DSM IV
• child is 2 - 6 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• children with additional medical diagnosis (e.g., genetic syndromes, diagnosed hearing impairment, diagnosed visual impairment or seizures)
• children who are geographically inaccessible for follow-up visits
• their parents are not literate or known chronic psychiatric or physical illness in the parents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

DIR/Floortime parent intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: DIR/Floortime parent intervention