Evaluating the Impact of Telehealth-Based ASD Assessments and Supports on Child and Caregiver Outcomes

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Other: Help is in Your Hands

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04881656

1749700

UL1TR001860 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this study is to evaluate telehealth and internet-based approaches to meet accessibility challenges for families with concerns about ASD in their infants. In this study, we will gather exploratory data related to the potential of two telehealth tools: 1) The Telehealth Evaluation of Development for Infants (TEDI); and 2) "Help is in Your Hands" (HIIYH), a set of video materials and information on interactive strategies parents can use to support their child's communication development. We will recruit families participating in an ongoing study using the TEDI (R21 HD100372, PI: Talbott) to evaluate infants' behavioral development. As families exit the parent TEDI study and enter the current study, we will ask parents to complete online questionnaires, and randomize them to either receive immediate access to additional online materials (HIIYH) for parents or no additional materials. After 12 weeks, parents will complete online questionnaires and all families will then be given access to the online materials. When children reach 30 months, we will collect additional questionnaires, complete a live telehealth behavioral session with toddlers and their caregivers, and conduct an exit interview with parents to gather feedback about their experience.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 months to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Previous enrollment in the parent R21 project (R21 HD100372, PI: Talbott).

Exclusion criteria

No previous enrollment in the parent R21 project (R21 HD100372, PI: Talbott).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

HIIYH

Experimental group

Description:

Help is in Your Hands is a series of online modules for parents with narrated videos of specific interactive strategies for supporting toddlers' communication development.

Treatment:

Other: Help is in Your Hands

Comparison

No Intervention group

Description:

No additional materials