Robotic Intervention Framework for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder to Enhance Social Engagement and Participation

Education University of Hong Kong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Robotic Intervention; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Social Engagement

Treatments: Behavioral: Human-only instruction programme on social skill training; Behavioral: Robot-assisted social skill intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04879303

R1230

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will develop and test a Robotic Intervention Framework for Children with ASD in the real context. The first part of this study will focus on the identification and initial testing of core elements of effective robotic intervention programs to form a practice framework. Pat II will use a randomized control trial to test the efficacy of the robotic intervention programs that incorporated all elements of the framework. Part III will use a qualitative approach to examine the qualitative outcomes of the program with reference to the elements of the practice framework. With a framework that is built upon evidence and tested sufficiently, practice guidelines and intervention protocol will be delineated to ensure success of robotic intervention programs.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
• aged between 5-11
• normal intelligence

Exclusion criteria

• with self-injurious or aggressive behavior
• with hearing or visual impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Robot-assisted social skill intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Social robotics will be used by the instructor to conduct the social skill training activities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Robot-assisted social skill intervention

Human-only instruction program on social skill training

Active Comparator group

Description:

The children will receive only the human-delivered social skill training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Human-only instruction programme on social skill training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

There will be no intervention conducted during the tested period