An Evaluation of a Developmentally-Based Parent Training Program for Children With Autism

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autistic Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE ) developmentally based parent delivered intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01400269

SU-11022010-7169

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a parent training program in the treatment of social and communication deficits in children with autism. Specifically, this study will evaluate a developmentally based parent delivered intervention in the community developed by Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE).

Full description

There are many treatments that claim to be effective for children with autism; however many of these treatments have not been investigated using scientifically rigorous methodology. A variety of developmentally based parent delivered interventions are gaining popularity as a type of treatment parents utilize to improve symptoms related to their child's diagnosis of autism. Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE)is a agency that provides a developmentally based parent delivered intervention in the community. Currently, this parent training program has not been evaluated using scientific methodology. Investigation into this community delivered treatment and its effectiveness to improve social and communication deficits will aid clinicians in providing better care for children with autism.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 months to 6 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• meets DSM-IV-TR criteria for an autism spectrum disorder (pervasive developmental disorder) on the basis of clinical evaluation and the research diagnostic methods
• age range between 18 months and 6.11 years
• male or female in good medical health
• will be starting PACE parent training program
• intends on continuing PACE program for a minimum of 12 weeks

Exclusion criteria

• medically unstable (e.g., more than one seizure a month)
• a medical diagnosis that causes autism like symptomology (e.g., Fragile X, Down syndrome, Angelman's syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Rett's disorder)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 1 patient group

Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE)

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral: Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE) developmentally based parent delivered intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE ) developmentally based parent delivered intervention