Telehealth Language Intervention for Children With Autism Ages 2-4 Years

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Toy Talk

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04675580

19-07020518 (Other Identifier)

21-03023432

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main goal of this intervention is to increase caregivers' use of interactive play and communication strategies to improve the child's early sentence development using telemedicine and video-based feedback.

Full description

Record was updated 11/2/2021 to include more detailed information about outcome measure time points. Specifically, secondary outcome measures will be collected more frequently over the course of the study (i.e., at baseline [before starting intervention], immediate follow-up [week 12], and long-term follow-up [3 months after intervention] assessments). No changes were made to outcome measures or how they are operationalized.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 4 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or communication disorder
• Child speaks at least 50 single words or uses emerging word combinations
• Caregivers have Internet availability from their home

Exclusion criteria

• Child speaks using complex sentences
• Child is not within 2 to 4 years of age at time of enrollment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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14 participants in 2 patient groups

Tele Toy Talk

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers of child participants receive 1-hour of telemedicine featuring parent-mediated naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention weekly for 10 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Toy Talk

Multiple Baseline

No Intervention group

Description:

Prior to receiving the intervention, participants will be randomized into one of three baseline conditions: a three-, four-, or five-week baseline period. At each weekly baseline session, caregivers will record the Tele-BOSCC (see Outcomes Measures section).