Trial of Autism Parent Navigator Program (APN)

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Peer mentoring; Behavioral: Autism Parent Navigators

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04744428

APN-RT01

Details and patient eligibility

About

To address the dual needs of parents for support in navigating Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) services and maintaining positive family functioning, the investigators propose to test Autism Parent Navigators (APN), an innovative in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD.

Enrollment: 360 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of children who have been newly diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
• The child will be age 2-6 years and been diagnosed with ASD in the past four months.
• The child is the first child in the family to be diagnosed with ASD.
• Parents are not already involved in a parent mentoring relationship.
• Parents are currently involved in a couple relationship, including same-sex partners, dating couples, adoptive parents and step-parent families.

Exclusion criteria

None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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360 participants in 2 patient groups

Autism Parent Navigators Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Autism Parent Navigators Intervention is a manualized, in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Autism Parent Navigators

Peer mentoring

Active Comparator group

Description:

Peer mentors will offer an equivalent number of in-home or telephone visits for families, providing non-manualized peer support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Peer mentoring