Evaluation of the Videodrama Therapeutic Device for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (VIDEOTSA)

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Robert Ballanger

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Treatments: Other: patient included in experimental groupe will view the video excerpt, a playtime, a drawing activities

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06443320

GHT_CHIRB 20220420

Details and patient eligibility

About

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder (Valerie, Sperenza, 2009) that begins early in development, characterized by persistent deficits in communication and social interactions across various contexts and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. These symptoms significantly impact social, school/professional functioning, or other important areas and are not better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Full description

Currently, managing children with ASD emphasizes compensating for communication and social interaction disabilities. Communication tools like PECS or Makaton and social skills groups have shown effectiveness but have limitations, particularly not addressing sensory atypicalities seen in children with ASD. These sensory atypicalities are evident when children watch videos on screens. The idea is to use video to understand the sensory experiences of children with ASD and help them move away from an isolated relationship with screens. New technologies can further isolate children with ASD in their autistic sphere. The hypothesis is that observing these children with screens will provide better understanding of their sensory experiences and improve therapeutic support towards play and interaction with others

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 3 to 15 years.
• Clinically confirmed ASD by a psychiatrist.
• Parental or legal guardian consent for participation.
• Child showing a strong interest in screens and/or video content.
• Ability to tolerate the presence of other children.
• Minimum of 18 video drama sessions.
• Not having benefited from disease care in the past.
• Affiliation to a social security system

Exclusion criteria

• No ASD diagnosis.
• Younger than 3 or older than 15 at the study start.
• No interest in screens or video content.
• Parental or legal guardian refusal for participation.
• Dropping out before completing 18 sessions.
• Patient having benefited a disease care in the past

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group of young ASD patients receiving videodrama sessions and interviews

Experimental group

Description:

Children participating in videodrama sessions, one per week for 9 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: patient included in experimental groupe will view the video excerpt, a playtime, a drawing activities

Cohort of ASD patients not receiving videodrama but receiving care in participating units

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients included in the cohort will be managed as part of their routine care